The Industrial Revolution in World History
The Industrial Revolution in World History
Editor/Author
Stearns, Peter N.
Publication Year: 2012
Publisher: Westview Press
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ISBN: 978-0-81-334729-5
Category: History - World history
Image Count:
20
Book Status: Available
Table of Contents
From noted historian Peter N. Stearns, a concise, accessible examination of the industrial revolution through the twenty-first century, investigating the cause and effect of this global phenomenon.
Table of Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Introduction: Defining the Industrial Revolution
- Technology and Work Organization
- Issues in Interpretation
- The Range of the Industrial Revolution
- Chronology and Geography
- PART ONE | The First Phase, 1760–1880: Western Primacy, Global Contexts, and Global Results
- 1 Britain's Revolution: New Processes and Economic Transformation
- 2 New Causes: Why Did the Industrial Revolution Happen, and Why Did It Happen in Eighteenth-Century Britain?
- 3 The Industrial Revolution in Western Society
- 4 The Social Impact of the Industrial Revolution
- 5 The Industrial Revolution Outside the West
- PART TWO | The Second Phase, 1880–1950: The New International Cast
- 6 The Industrial Revolution Changes Stripes, 1880–1950
- 7 The Industrial Revolution in Russia
- 8 The Industrial Revolution in Japan
- 9 New Developments in Western Societies: A Second Revolution?: Redefinitions of the Industrial Economy
- 10 The Industrial Revolution in International Context
- PART THREE | The Third Phase, 1950s–2000s: The Industrialization of the World
- 11 The Industrial Revolution in the Past Half Century
- 12 New Industrial Revolutions
- 13 The Less Industrial World: Evolution and Exploitation
- 14 Postindustrial Societies and Global Balance
- 15 Global Industry and the Environment
- 16 Globalization and Global Industrial Societies 1880–1950
- 17 Conclusions
- Acknowledgments
- Suggestions for Further Reading