But the industry as we understand it today really has its origins in the second half of the 19th century. Whilst the scientific revolution of the 17th century had spread ideas of rationalism and ...

Hosts compare Trump's push for coal to "letting kids smoke cigarettes" and warn of devastating health and environmental ...

Meanwhile, businessmen harnessed Niagara’s power for industry. Catlin ... would appear to predict their coming slaughter. For 19th-century Americans, water represented both nature and civilization.

Trump has governed like a late-19th-century president ... We can see echoes here in the titans of modern industry: Jeff Bezos and the Waltons in commerce; Tim Cook and smartphones; Mark Zuckerberg ...

Throughout the nineteenth century, the United States had been mostly ... the city to become the richest man in America from the new industry of petroleum. Henry Ford had also grown up on a farm ...

As the world reels from US President Donald Trump's tariffs onslaught, here is a look back at some major trade wars since the 19th century ... in a bid to protect US industry, raised tariffs ...