In the search box on the homepage, put exactly: "1820-1840" transportation "united states"
I know the industrial revolution was longer than that but, for this search, the dates seemed to work. Be sure to put the quotation marks where you see them. That way, those words or dates will be more likely to be searched for together.
United States was included in order to help limit the results to resources about the United States.
From this, item number 2 could be helpful. Click on the Table of Contents to see the table of contents.
There is a chapter on railroads that could be helpful.
You could search for the following: canals "united states" transportation history of
From this search, item number 1 looks promising. Click on Table of Contents to see the table of contents.
You could try similar searches for railroads and roads
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Another search you can try is:
"united states" industrial revolution labor conditions
Below is items from this search:
You could also try searching for:
"industrial revolution" "working conditions" "united states"
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