Concetti Chiave
- An industrial society is defined by the transformation of raw materials into manufactured products through labor and technology, with the secondary sector employing the majority of the workforce.
- The industrial revolution marked a profound and swift change in economic and industrial production, leading to the birth of industrial society through significant quantitative and qualitative transformations.
- Key conditions for industrial development included an agricultural surplus, cheap labor, international trade growth, population increase, lack of internal customs barriers, abundant natural resources, and modern transportation.
- The industrial revolution unfolded in three phases: mechanization of cotton spinning and new steel methods, development of mechanical weaving and the steam engine, and the introduction of railways.
- Factories became the fundamental production units with mechanized production destined for the market, driven by rapid technological advancements.
English Industrial Revolution
The industrial society
The fundamental traits that distinguish an industrial society are:
1. income is produced by the economic sector that transforms raw materials into manufactured products by applying labour and technology;
2. employment in the secondary sector is the majority;
3. all industrial production is destined for the market;
4.the factory is the fundamental production unit;
5. production is mechanised;
6. technological change plays a key role and is rapid.
What was the industrial revolution
"Revolution" indicates a profound and relatively rapid change in the economy, politics or culture. There was a strong quantitative growth of all economic factors accompanied by profound qualitative changes in the organization of industrial production due to an industrial take-off. This is how industrial society was born.
The conditions of development
1. Existence of an agricultural surplus, i.e. surpluses produced by agriculture. The agricultural revolution provided investment capital;
2. the availability of cheap labour;
3. the development of international trade;
4. population growth;
5. the absence of internal customs barriers;
6. good supply of natural resources (coal and iron);
7. a modern transport system.
The three technological phases of the industrial revolution
1. A first phase characterised by the mechanisation of cotton spinning and the introduction of new methods in the steel industry;
2. a second phase in which the development of mechanical weaving and the steam machine took place;
3. finally, a third phase in which the railways entered the scene.
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