A History of Mods and Rockers in Britain One of the main differences between the two was what they embraced as a youth culture. Modernists embraced change and welcomed the new whereas the rockers were very traditional and didn't particularly like change. Each subculture accumulated rivalry of eac...
August 1914 one of the most historic events in history began. This was the beginning of the First World War, a war that had never been seen before. It involved every major European nation as well as North America and Japan. There was nothing that could have prepared the world for this war it chan...
Electricity, Steel and Oil The three major improvements of the second Industrial Revolution were in the areas of energy and metal. It was based on oil, steel and electricity rather than coal and iron. The use of new materials made the second Industrial Revolution increase in size and technology, and mature more.ElectricityThe first dynamo, or electric generator, was developed in 1831. Its first applications were in communications. In 1837, two Englishmen had sent the first electric signals over a wire. ...
