NATS 1760 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Industrial Revolution, Social Change, Deskilling
17 Nov 2018
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The industrial revolution (pt. 1: something transformational happened in britain, beginning of the 19th century: europe was 90% rural. Manufactured goods were made by craftsmen and in cottage industries. Primary resources: wind, wood, and water: end of the 19th century: shift to manufacturing over agriculture for the first time in history. Production is mechanized and the factory system expanded. Global market systems appear: primary resources: iron, coal, and steam, none of this information is opposed, but what changes are the details. ex. timing, location of the shift from rural to industrial. Not the claim of the shift itself: critique rarely throws out everything, and changing the theory doesn"t mean that the theory is wrong , the industrial revolution had a large impact on society. This caused a spur to colonialism: technological innovations (machines in factories, transportation technologies) increased production for a growing population.
