Industrial Revolution

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Why Are Glaciers Melting?
Glaciers are melting much faster today than they were a hundred years ago. The main culprit is thought to be global warming caused by the industrial revolution of the past century.

The mythology behind Iron John
Iron John is a book, which was written by an American Poet Robert Bly in the year 1990. This book is on the subject of – Men. The author has tried to explore the mythology and the deep-rooted cultural traditions of a specific dynamic male mode of feeling. This feeling as described by Bly is a forceful combination of fierceness and tenderness, which was sacrificed to the demands of the industrial revolution at that time.

Protecting America with Specialty Gases
Prior to 9/11, environmental concerns largely focused on monitoring, controlling and reducing the pollution the industrial revolution had set in motion.

Only Half a Revolution
The rigid divide between work and family life since the industrial revolution is in the interests of employers - but not the rest of us.

Blake's Big Brother
The era of globalisation has spawned a pallid, deracinated culture. Log on, hook up, chill out. Welcome to the third industrial revolution, where the internet, the mobile phone and the personal computer are as revolutionary a force in 2004 as steam power in 1804 or the motor car in 1904.