National Museum of Science and Industry (UK)
National Museum of Science and Industry: Ingenious
Explore the stories behind the innovations and ideas of human ingenuity in this database of more than 30,000 images illustrating over 30 different subjects, topics, and debates from the United Kingdom's National Museum of Science and...
Geographic
Photius: Japan's Economy
This site provides an economic overview for Japan. Other important facts about agriculture and industries are also provided.
Other
Illinois State Museum: The American Railway Union
Excerpt from U.S. Strike Commission Report. Site also provides focus questions at the bottom.
Other
California State University: Beck Spring Iron Deposit
California State University at Pomona provides a scientific look at the Beck Spring iron deposit.
Other
Ministerio De Economia, Industria, Y Comercio
The official site of the "MEIC", or Ministry of Economy, Industry, and Commerce, contains everything you need to know about its organization and functions. You can read its reports to the Legislative Assembly, Trade agreements, Services...
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: Zoom Inventors and Inventions
This site has an alphabetized list of inventions and inventors throughout history. You can also explore by era, topic or nationality.
The World Bank
World Bank Group: Data by Topic
Links to data which cover agriculture, education, environment, health and population and other issues regarding economic development.
Vassar College
Vassar College: 1896: Mary E. Lease
1896, A Website of Political Cartoons is an excellent site that includes a detailed biography and historical accounts from that time. Provides links to related subjects.
Other
Fao: International Year of Natural Fibres 2009
An organization aiming to raise awareness of the importance of natural fibers. Plants and animals play an important role in contributing to food security and poverty alleviation worldwide. Find out about how natural fibers provide...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: Electrifying America
This collection of primary sources explores the introduction of electric power to the United States.
Hartford Web Publishing
World History Archives: David Hoffman: The Russian Economy's Big Black Hole
An article about one of Russia's steel mills that has, like many other industries in Russia, fallen on hard times in the new free-market economy.
Library of Congress
Loc: Teachers: America at the Centennial
A lesson plan requiring student to analyze primary documents from the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition of 1876. Students interpret what these historical artifacts say "about the lives and values of Americans in 1876" among other things.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Education: Office Workers
Briefly describes the shift in offices from male to female clerical workers. Details the progression of women in going from clerical positions to managerial positions.
Northeast Parallel Architectures Center, Syracuse University
Npac Reu Program: A Practical Application
Northeast Parallel Architectures Center of Syracuse University explains the idea of changing between an absolute value and an interval can be applied to keeping answers within a specific range which can be used in industry.
Open Door Team
Open Door Web Site: Brief History of the Cotton Industry
General history overview of the development of the Cotton Industry. Read here to learn about the history and growth of the Cotton Industry.
AllRefer
All refer.com: East Germany: Economy
Breaks down East German economy from 1984 into eight categories: Gross National Product (GNP), energy and mining, industry, agriculture, foreign trade, balance of trade, exchange rate, and fiscal policy. Each category contains a succinct...
The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry
Abpi: Pharmaceutical Business
Take a behind-the-scenes look at the pharmaceutical business. Learn about everything from medicine research and development to human resource concerns for a drug manufacturing company. Some interactive illustrations and suggested...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: The Science of Milk
Jonathan J. O'Sullivan describes how milk is made. [5:23]
Other
Kenneth Spencer Research Library: Great Exhibition, 1851
Online exhibit with details of the international exhibition held in Hyde Park in 1851, the Great Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations, a testament to industrial growth in the Victorian era.
Other
Future of Freedom Fdn.: The Case for Unilateral Free Trade and Open Immigration
This article by Jacob G. Hornberger is an essay in the book, The Case for Free Trade and Open Immigration, edited by Richard M. Ebeling and Jacob G. Hornberger. In it, Hornberger gives a hypothetical view of how life in the United States...
BBC
Bbc: History Trails: Victorian Britain
Victorian Britain experienced dramatic economic growth but at great social cost. Read about the times, and play online learning games as well.
Texas Public Broadcasting
Texas Pbs: Texas Our Texas: Cotton, Cattle, and Railroads 1850 1901
A brief overview of the era of cotton, cattle, and railroads in the late nineteenth century which was a time of huge economic growth for Texas.