Vision Software's history programs cover five topics The American West, Medicine (The Early Years), Medicine (Recent Developments), Social (Work, Trade And Society) and this one, Social (IndustryAnd Transport). As with all the history packages, this includes two tapes.

The first deals with the Industrial Revolution and transport before 1850 The Industrial Revolution covers topics ranging from textiles and potteries to the production of iron and coal and inventors and inventions.

Transport before 1850 is covered by question sets on road, rail, canal and steamships, and the second tape deals with industrial development and transport since 1850.

Multiple-choice questions are used in the sections on road transport and communications in general, and there's a quiz on the British press.

This package should be used only for short periods at a time, because there's lots of information to absorb.