GGRA03H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Deindustrialization, Industrial Revolution, World-Systems Theory
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Ggra03: lecture 4 - cities in a world system, economic, colonial, and environmental. De-industrialization and stories of how the world is changing. Industrialization: refers to the economic growth and processes occurring at any geographical scale ranging from a metropolitan region to an entire country. Historically, these processes entail the initiation and development of a manufacturing sector that first specializes in basic activities that include the production of commodity-type goods. The industrial revolution began in the early 1700"s and extended to 1850. Industrial production was suited to cities and growing urban markets of consumers. Industrialization required a different kind of workforce from handicraft workers dispersed all over the city. People no longer worked and lived in the same place. Factories became an important symbol for a new kind of city as it represented a space- intensive and labor-intensive activity. People could find employment in relatively small spaces such as factories, making larger, denser cities possible.
