Season 2 Episode
- Season 2 Rethinking Civilization
- Season 2 Money & Debt
- Season 2 Disease!
- Season 2 War & Human Nature
- Season 2 War and Civilization
- Season 2 Climate Change, Chaos, and The Little Ice Age
- Season 2 Humans and Energy
- Season 2 Drought and Famine
- Season 2 How World War I Started
- Season 2 Who Started World War I
- Season 2 The End of Civilization (In the Bronze Age)
- Season 2 The Rise of the West and Historical Methodology
- Season 2 Asian Responses to Imperialism
- Season 2 The Railroad Journey and the Industrial Revolution
- Season 2 Population, Sustainability, and Malthus
- Season 2 Islam and Politics
- Season 2 The Mughal Empire and Historical Reputation
- Season 2 Luther and the Protestant Reformation
- Season 2 Charles V and the Holy Roman Empire
- Season 2 World War II, A War for Resources
- Season 2 Congo and Africa's World War
- Season 2 Water and Classical Civilizations
- Season 2 Conflict in Israel and Palestine
- Season 2 The Vikings!
- Season 2 War and Nation Building in Latin America
- Season 2 Iran's Revolutions
- Season 2 Japan in the Heian Period and Cultural History
- Season 2 Nonviolence and Peace Movements
- Season 2 Capitalism and the Dutch East India Company
- Season 2 Democracy, Authoritarian Capitalism, and China
Crash Course World History - Season 2 Episode 14 The Railroad Journey and the Industrial Revolution
6.70 12 minutes In which John Green teaches you about railroads and some of the ways they changed the world, and how they were a sort of microcosm for the Industrial Revolution as a whole. Prior to the invention of steam-powered railroads, pretty much all locomotion had been muscle-powered. You either walked where you wanted to go or rode on an animal to get where you were going. The railroad changed human perception of time and space, making long-distance travel much faster and easier. Railroads also changed habits, including increasing reading. People needed some sort of distraction to ensure they didn't have to talk to other people on the train. Like any new technology, railroads also scared people. All kinds of fears surrounded rail travel, but over time, people got over them. And the quality of boiler manufacturing improved, so the trains exploded less often, which also made people feel safer.
