HIST 102 Lecture 10: Birth of a Contemporary World
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Intro: period is most revolutionary--revolution in everyday life. Second wave of industrial revolution: takes place globally (global movement) 4 core industries (a. 1. a. 1) steel (a. 1. a. 2) oil (petroleum) (a. 1. a. 3) electricity (a. 1. a. 4) chemical. New products: internal combustion engine (cars), telephone, microphone, wireless telegraph, electric light, gramophone (record player), rubber tires, typewriter, plastics, bicycles. New products revolutionize everyday life (a. 1. c. 1) communication (a. 1. c. 2) transportation: agriculture. Famine in the 20th century result would only then be a. Small peasant farmers find it difficult to compete. By 1900, over a dozen major cities: large scale industries. Needs millions of industrial: industrial revolution brought in workers. Revolution in literacy: in 1870-- most can"t read and right, by 1900, majority able to read and write, mass public education. Urbanization makes it cheaper to educate more people in concentration. Popular journalism: in 1870 papers were local -- made for upper class, by 1900, newspaper and magazine industry have been revolutionized.
