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When everything changed: the forces that created our modern world

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How Cotton Mills Created the Modern Workday
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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

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5 min read
How Gas Lights Conquered the Night
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How Gas Lights Conquered the Night

Discover how 19th-century gas lamps doubled productive hours and created the 24-hour society we inhabit today

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Why Railways Shrank the World Before the Internet
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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

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The Newspaper Revolution That Built Democracy
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The Newspaper Revolution That Built Democracy

How one-cent newspapers turned workers into voters and created the informed citizenry essential for democratic society

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The Cholera Panic That Invented Public Health
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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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