The Dawn Of Modern Industry
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The Dawn of modern industry
* Introduction
At the beginning of the eighteen century, several regions of Europe, mainly in Western Europe, aquired sazible concentrations of rural industry.A new term was invited to describe the process of expansion: porto-industrialization. The term was employed with reference to the linen industry of Flanders.
Usually rural workers ,in porto-industrial economy, organized by urban entrepeneurs, who provided workers with raw material and dispose their output on distance markes. Porto- industrial
and the related terms refer primarily toconsumer goods,especially textiles.
2.Characteristics of Modern Industry
One of the most obvious difference between preindustrial and modern industrial societies is the greatly decreased relativerole of the agriculture in the latter. Other difference is the high proportion of the modern labor force engaged in the tertiary and service sector
The period of industrialization began in theeighteenth century ( in Great Britain) to the first half of the twentieth century.
The main feature is the rise of secondary sector (mining, manufacturing and construction)
Characteristics of therise of modern industry
* The extensive use of mechanically powered machinery
* The introduction of new inanimate sources of energy especially fossil fuels.
* The widespread use ofmaterial that do not usually occur in nature.
* And finally, The large scale of enterprise in most industries.
3. The industrial revolution: a misnomer
The term “industrial revolution” had beenused for more to denote:
* The period in British history related with the application of mechanically powered machinery in the textile industry
* The introduction of Jame Watt´s steam engineThe “triumph” of the factory system.
4. What kind of changes happened in this period of time ?
We have to know that the changes were not merely industrial, social and intellectual, they...
* Introduction
At the beginning of the eighteen century, several regions of Europe, mainly in Western Europe, aquired sazible concentrations of rural industry.A new term was invited to describe the process of expansion: porto-industrialization. The term was employed with reference to the linen industry of Flanders.
Usually rural workers ,in porto-industrial economy, organized by urban entrepeneurs, who provided workers with raw material and dispose their output on distance markes. Porto- industrial
and the related terms refer primarily toconsumer goods,especially textiles.
2.Characteristics of Modern Industry
One of the most obvious difference between preindustrial and modern industrial societies is the greatly decreased relativerole of the agriculture in the latter. Other difference is the high proportion of the modern labor force engaged in the tertiary and service sector
The period of industrialization began in theeighteenth century ( in Great Britain) to the first half of the twentieth century.
The main feature is the rise of secondary sector (mining, manufacturing and construction)
Characteristics of therise of modern industry
* The extensive use of mechanically powered machinery
* The introduction of new inanimate sources of energy especially fossil fuels.
* The widespread use ofmaterial that do not usually occur in nature.
* And finally, The large scale of enterprise in most industries.
3. The industrial revolution: a misnomer
The term “industrial revolution” had beenused for more to denote:
* The period in British history related with the application of mechanically powered machinery in the textile industry
* The introduction of Jame Watt´s steam engineThe “triumph” of the factory system.
4. What kind of changes happened in this period of time ?
We have to know that the changes were not merely industrial, social and intellectual, they...
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