GEOG 1HB3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Industrial Revolution, Rust Belt
24 Dec 2016
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The emergence of industrial activity: the industrial revolution. The geography of manufacturing global patterns: north america & europe. More developed world: transition: agriculture (&resource extraction)=> manufacturing & industry => services. Today: the history of industrial production and its changing global geography. Manufacturing & industrial production: key to economies of the mdw. Newly industrializing countries: manufacturing & industrial activity is increasingly important in asian and latin. Canada: ~10% gdp comes from primary economic activities. Mining, oil & gas extraction = 4. 5% = 2. 7: ~20% gdp comes from secondary economic activities. The industrial revolution fundamentally changed societies, cultures, economies, etc. Industrial activity was everywhere: localized and rudimentary: skilled craftsmen/artisans. People who have a particular skill set, making commodity: every village, town, and city. Eg: black smiths (tools, millers (grains, weavers (textiles, potters. The industrial revolution: 18th & 19th centuries: a (cid:858)re(cid:448)olutio(cid:374)(cid:859) i(cid:374) the (cid:449)ay goods were produced, the stea(cid:373) e(cid:374)gi(cid:374)e (cid:894)(cid:271)y ja(cid:373)es watt(cid:895) (cid:373)ade this (cid:858)re(cid:448)olutio(cid:374)(cid:859) possi(cid:271)le.
