The Industrial Revolution in World History

by Stearns,Peter N

• ISBN13: 9780813347295
• ISBN10: 0813347297
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2012-08-07
• Publisher: INGRAM

Summary

The industrial revolution was the single most important development in human history over the past three centuries, and it continues to shape the contemporary world. With new methods and organizations for producing goods, industrialization altered where people live, how they play, and even how they define political issues. By exploring the ways the industrial revolution reshaped world history, this book offers a unique look into the international factors that started the industrial revolution and its global spread and impact. In the fourth edition, noted historian Peter N. Stearns continues his global analysis of the industrial revolution with new discussions of industrialization outside of the West, including the study of India, the Middle East, and China. In addition, an expanded conclusion contains an examination of the changing contexts of industrialization. The Industrial Revolution in World Historyis essential for students of world history and economics, as well as for those seeking to know more about the global implications of what is arguably the defining socioeconomic event of modern times.

Author Biography

Peter N. Stearns is provost and professor of history at George Mason University. He is the editor of the Journal of Social History and the author or editor of more than 115 books, including World Civilizations: The Global Experience and World History in Brief: Major Patterns of Change and Continuity.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	p. ix
Introduction: Defining the Industrial Revolution	p. 1
Technology and Work Organization	p. 6
Issues in Interpretation	p. 8
The Range of the Industrial Revolution	p. 11
Chronology and Geography	p. 14
The First Phase, 1760-1880 Western Primacy, Global Contexts, and Global Results
Britain's Revolution: New Processes and Economic Transformation	p. 21
Britain Becomes the Workshop of the World	p. 26
Industrialization Exacts a Price	p. 32
Change Generates Change	p. 37
New Causes: Why Did the Industrial Revolution Happen, and Why Did It Happen in Eighteenth-Century Britain?	p. 41
Three Approaches: Minimal, Western, and Global	p. 45
Trigger: Why the Eighteenth Century?	p. 47
Britain as a Special Case	p. 48
The Industrial Revolution in Western Society	p. 53
France: An Eclectic Course	p. 57
Germany: Trend to Big Business	p. 60
The United States: Dynamism of a New Nation	p. 61
The Industrial West by the 1880s	p. 66
The Social Impact of the Industrial Revolution	p. 69
Life on the Job	p. 70
Forging the Industrial Family	p. 74
Social Divisions and Protest	p. 81
A New Political and Cultural Context	p. 87
The Industrial Revolution Outside the West	p. 89
Pilot Projects: Russia	p. 89
Pilot Projects: Asia, Latin America, and Africa	p. 93
India and the Middle East	p. 94
Latin America and Africa	p. 96
China	p. 98
Restructuring the International Economy	p. 99
The Two Faces of International Impact	p. 105
The Second Phase, 1880-1950: The New International Cast
The Industrial Revolution Changes Stripes, 1880-1950	p. 109
Second-Phase Trends	p. 109
Why Japan and Russia?	p. 113
The Industrial Revolution in Russia	p. 121
Early Industrialization: Before the Revolution	p. 122
Social Impacts: Industrialization and Revolution	p. 129
The Industrial Revolution Under Communism	p. 133
The Industrial Revolution in Japan	p. 139
The Context for Industrialization	p. 142
The Early Stages	p. 144
Social Impacts	p. 150
The Industrial Economy Matures: 1920s-1950s	p. 154
New Developments in Western Societies: A Second Revolution?: Redefinitions of the Industrial Economy	p. 159
Machines and the Drive for Organizational Change	p. 160
The Service Sector	p. 166
Leisure and the Consumer Economy	p. 169
Class Warfare	p. 170
Redefining the Scope of Industrialization	p. 173
The West as New Model	p. 174
The Industrial Revolution in International Context	p. 177
The Expansion of Commercial Exploitation	p. 179
Environmental Change	p. 186
Factory Expansion	p. 186
Industrial Sectors: Change amid Tradition	p. 192
Economies of the British Dominions	p. 194
At the Brink of Global Change	p. 197
The Third Phase, 1950s-2000s: The Industrialization of the World
The Industrial Revolution in the Past Half Century	p. 201
New Members of the Industrial Club: The 1960s	p. 202
The New Wave: The 1980s and 1990s and Beyond	p. 204
The Postindustrial Concept	p. 205
Globalization	p. 207
Deepening Diversity	p. 208
New Industrial Revolutions	p. 211
Israel: Development in the Desert	p. 212
The Pacific Rim	p. 213
Industrial Growth in the Pacific Rim	p. 215
Expanding the Rim?	p. 217
Brazil, Mexico, and Turkey: The Next Wave	p. 218
China and India	p. 222
Waves of Change	p. 226
The Less Industrial World: Evolution and Exploitation	p. 229
The Long Reach of the Industrial Powers	p. 230
Resources Producers: Some New Bargaining Power	p. 232
Patterns of Dependency	p. 234
Variety and Inequality	p. 236
Postindustrial Societies and Global Balance	p. 239
Growth Rates	p. 239
Structural Changes: The Postindustrial Thesis	p. 245
The New Industrial Balance	p. 250
Global Industry and the Environment	p. 255
The Pace Quickens	p. 256
Attempts at Addressing a Large-Scale Problem	p. 260
Globalization and Global Industrial Societies 1880-1950	p. 265
The Multinationals	p. 267
Labor Migration	p. 270
Regionalism and International Forces	p. 274
An International Approach to Policy	p. 276
Global Societies	p. 276
Inequalities	p. 278
Conclusions	p. 281
Precedent as a Guide to Prediction	p. 281
History and Changing Contexts	p. 284
The Balance Sheet	p. 285
The Ongoing Experience	p. 288
Acknowledgments	p. 289
Suggestions for Further Readings	p. 291
Index	p. 303
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