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When everything changed: the forces that created our modern world
Modern History
How Cotton Mills Created the Modern Workday
Discover how 19th-century textile factories invented the time anxiety and rigid schedules that still control your daily life
Modern History
How Gas Lights Conquered the Night
Discover how 19th-century gas lamps doubled productive hours and created the 24-hour society we inhabit today
Modern History
Why Railways Shrank the World Before the Internet
Discover how iron rails and steam engines created time zones, national markets, and the interconnected world we inhabit today
Modern History
The Newspaper Revolution That Built Democracy
How one-cent newspapers turned workers into voters and created the informed citizenry essential for democratic society
Modern History
The Cholera Panic That Invented Public Health
How deadly epidemics forced governments to accept that protecting the poor meant protecting everyone in an interconnected urban world
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