I had to read this book for an advanced history class. If you want a good text book for the nineteenth century, this is your guide. But for anything but an index for the industrial revolution, this book is no different than reading binary code. It is a long string of useless facts about things minutely interesting or important to this time period. Granted, it does have some good information, and I applaud the author for his tenacity on sticking to writing this ticking brain tumor, this book is about as fun and interesting as poking myself with something rusty.

This book was required reading for my AP US History course, so naturally I didn't want to read it anyways. Unfortunately, I also had to write a report on the book so I was stuck. This book is packed full of nonstop information with the occasional analysis of facts. It moves very slowly stating so many facts that it is simply a boring book to read. As I usually am an avid reader, this says a lot. However, if you want to know all the informartion there is about the Industrial Revolution, this is the book for you.