In some fields of work, the impacts of this industrial revolution are already being felt. Automation in the world of manufacturing erased around 8 million jobs in the U.S., just in the first 10 ...

We are on the very edge of what will be the next industrial revolution. Manufacturing, shipping, agriculture, mining, and even railroads and transportation stand to be much more productive.

Company rules regulated workers' lives, both at work and afterhours: curfew was at 10 PM, church attendance was mandatory, and any sign of improper behavior ... as wage earners during the early ...