Industrialization and Global Integration
The modern age is full of many wonders that we, as humans, take advantage of everyday. This new world is the result of many processes and events including nationalism, revolutions, reformations, imperialism and nation-state building. However, in my opinion, industrialization and global integration had the most profound effect on the modern era. Industrialization and global integration gave way to many social, economical, and political changes affecting the modern world. People began migrating from farms to the cities, many new inventions and technologies came along, and imperialism occurred.
Starting in the early 18th century in England, the Industrial Revolution grew from their rich supply of coal and iron, which were used for energy. This coal and iron was conducive to the rise of factories that rose up all over the world. Rise in population and the switch from an agricultural society to an industrialized society pushed people to flock from their farmlands to industrialized cities looking for work. Many people immigrated to different countries, particularly to the western countries, in hopes of finding better jobs to support their families who stayed behind. For example, many people from China immigrated to the United States to work on the railroad tracks that extended all over the country. Human labor was needed to run the machines in factories. The Industrial Revolution created new social classes-the middle class and the working class. The middle class consisted of the people who owned their own industries such as railroads and factories while the working classes were the people who worked for the middle class, doing the actual hard labor. Life for the middle class was not as hard...
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...rld is very similar to the Industrial Revolution. Our main goal today is to have the highest economic status in hope of being the superpower. We import and export many goods from all over the world. Many scientific advances and inventions have improved our daily lives and enlarged our scope of knowledge. For example, with the spacecraft such as rockets, we were able to land on the moon and explore space from a different perspective. Unfortunately, many underdeveloped countries still do not have the technology we use everyday, such as the washing machine. Something as simple as the washing machine could get the job of washing clothes faster, giving people the time to relax. I believe that we will still continue to industrialize in the future and achieve many accomplishments. However, the environmental effect it may have is another issue that needs to be considered.
In general, our world as we know it changed for the better and worse. The 1940s did the most to influence contemporary America. Because the U.S. culture and society had changed a lot, especially the role of women, many families were greatly impacted. The aspect of technology is completely revolutionized. During the decade the wealth rebounded from despair; big business improved its flawed public status; income and wages reached new heights; and dominant sectors of the economy urbanized, particularly in the fabrication of buyer goods and armed forces hardware.
...ultural shift from ancient to modern culture by the effects of the industrial revolution which has lost the value of humanity. Modernization has a huge impact on humans’ life. On the one hand, it changed our life by making things easier. On other hand, it is destroying it by isolating people from the world, giving them less opportunity to interact with each other and the ability to create a new generation. Furthermore, it is separating humans from nature by making them live away from nature, and damaging their health by pollution and artificial things that are produced. As well, it has created diversity among the people by dividing them into classes based on gender and socioeconomic status. So, this cultural shift from ancient to modern has a huge influence on human life, and it remains to see how much the industrial revolution over time will influence society.
The Industrial revolution was a turning point for the earth and humans, every aspect of human’s life and life styles were changed dramatically. It’s due to the revolution that we ca have so many types of clothing and we can easily talk to people in different countries. There has also become an increased wealth in the western world.
The Industrial Revolution began over two centuries ago and has had a major impact on every current world power. It began in a group of islands off the North West coast of Europe and has been imitated or tried by every nation looking to increase its wealth and power throughout the world. Industrialization came out of the basic ideas of capitalism because it fostered individuals who were willing to take high risks in hopes of high returns on their investments. These investments included factories and machines that would be put to use by people to better their standard of living. These entrepreneurs would return their profits back to the expansion and improvement of their factories and machines.
The Industrial Revolution was an age of great change and growth throughout the world. It represented a change from 1760 and on. The movement started in Great Britain and impacted everything from manufacturing processes to the daily life of every average citizen. The social impacts of the Industrial Revolution greatly impacted the world for years to come. The industrial revolution brought an increase population to urbanized areas, with bad living conditions in the city this lead to an absence of public sanitation.
Another idea that came about in the Industrial Revolution was that of a Middle Class. Previously, there were only two classes. The rich, which included nobility and business owners. The second class was the peasants. This was almost everyone not included in the first class. With the creation of factories, a new class was made. This new middle class consisted of people who worked in places such as factories. People belonging to this calss did not fall into either of the two previous classes. 14
As mentioned above many products from different industries were discovered and invented which made life easier and cheaper. The factories did not spend fast amount of money on making the products as they were allowed to pay their workers as much as that suited them so it did not cost them much and the innovation of factory machines also helped them produce in big quantities. These products were very demanding which meant that it grew the economy of the making nation, “Britain’s output of coal soared from 5.23 million tons in 1750 to 68.4 million tons a century later” (Strayer, 2012; 835). The industrial revolution did not just grow the economy of industrializing countries it also helped grow the economy of non-industrializing nations. For example, Latin America was one of the non-industrialized nations however its economy grew unexpectedly as they exported demanding raw materials such as rubber, silver, coal and many more resources that were essential for the growth of the industrial revolution (Strayer, 2012; 854). Latin America’s economy depended on the export of these materials and because of their popularity and essentiality it grew the state’s
The industrial revolution was in the late 1700s and early 1800s, it started in England and caused mass production. Certain impacts that were short term where the population boom, and urbanization. Most of the population was the working class and they worked in factories and mines and didn’t get a lot of pay. The industrial revolution resulted in the suffering of the working class in the short-term due to the inhuman working conditions and child labor.
The Industrial Revolution was a time of great change and increased efficiency. No more would be goods be produced by sole means of farming and agriculture, but now by the use of machinery and factories. Technology was beginning to increase along with the food supply as well as the population. However, this increase in population would greatly impact the social aspect of that time. Urbanization was becoming much more widespread. Cities were becoming overwhelmingly crowded and there was an increase in disease as well as harsh child labor. Although child labor would be reduced somewhat due to unions, the Industrial Revolution still contained both it’s positive and negative results.
The industrial Revolution began in England in the 1700’s. The First Industrial Revolution contributed to the rise of capitalism in that it led to investing in factories, increased production and higher demands for raw materials, led to worldwide trade, new innovations and inventions. Changes in transportation, agriculture, and communication were considered the largest contributions to capitalism (Arellano, n.d). The new inventions led to building more factories for people to work. The wealthy people brought and managed the factories. The workers received a wage for their work. The addition of the machines used in the factories helped create the Capitalism economic system by creating the wage format for the people that worked in the factories (Walker,
The aims of this paper are to evaluate the effects the Industrial Revolution had on the wider world. This essay will be assessing the impact of technology and innovation on employment of the era, and how the factory system gave rise to socialism. In addition, it will be evaluating how the Industrial Revolution was the precursor to the phenomenon of consumerism and the resulting globalization.
The industrialization era is one of the most important and wonderful events that have occurred in the past 400 years. Industrialization has had an over all ripple effect upon the world. “Industrialization led to a better quality of life for most people” (Beck, 723). While it may seem to some that Industrialization only impacted Great Britain, it is actually true that industrialization many characteristics and consequences that had a worldwide impact. Industrialization had its up’s and down’s such as economic prosperity, jobs, and innovation. On the downside, unhealthy working conditions, pollution, and child labor issues.
There were many revolutions that happened throughout the world. The one that really shaped modern day society was the Industrial Revolution in Britain during the 18th and 19th centuries. It changed the whole of Britain and would later change the world. Despite the early social problems of child labour and sanitation created by the Industrial Revolution, its long-term social reforms including; the Factory Act and the Public Health Act outweighed the short-term issues encountered.
The second industrial revolution in Europe was a time of unprecedented change. The change in technology, education, and lifestyle had significant influence on social issues. Workers migrated to the cities, traditional family roles changed, and the new middle class gained influence through their buying power. The middle class was changing due to urbanization of the cities and migration
The modern world is extremely reliant on technology, whether it has to deal with smart phones, cars, or medicine. Without the Industrial Revolution, the present day would not be the same. The Industrial Revolution was a blessing for the middle class because production, healthcare, and transportation improved. Industrialization improved the lives for all groups of people in Europe because of the advancement of technology. Lifestyles began to improve due in part to the introduction of efficient machines rather than hand production. It was necessary for industrialization to occur in order for the large population to sustain.