The era of the Industrial Revolution was the most explosively productive in history-and was also the freest. This course examines that connection. It highlights the major inventions, the radical innovations, and the outstanding figures of the Industrial Revolution in England and the United States. Refuting various misrepresentations, it identifies the true political and economic conditions of the time. Mr. Drake then explores the philosophic ideas which were most widely accepted and advocated, contrasting them with the vastly different philosophy of our present culture-and revealing how the Industrial Revolution was a direct consequence of the dominant philosophy of that period.