The industrial revolution in world history / Peter N. Stearns.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stearns, Peter N.

Contributor:

American Council of Learned Societies.

Series:

ACLS Humanities E-Book.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Industrial revolution.

Economic history.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 326 p. ) ill., maps ;

Edition:

3rd ed.

Place of Publication:

Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

Introduction : Defining the Industrial Revolution

pt. 1. The first phase, 1760-1880 : western primacy, global contexts, and global results. Britain's revolution : new processes and economic transformation

New causes : why did the Industrial Revolution happen, and why did it happen in eighteenth-century Britain?

The Industrial Revolution in western society

The social impact of the Industrial Revolution

The Industrial Revolution outside the West

pt. 2. The second phase, 1880-1950 : the new international cast. The Industrial Revolution changes stripes

The Industrial Revolution in Russia

The Industrial Revolution in Japan

New developments in western societies : redefinitions of the industrial economy

The Industrial Revolution in international context

pt. 3. The third phase, 1950s-2000s : the industrialization of the world. The Industrial Revolution in the past half century

Industrial revolutions and industrial sectors

The new spectrum in the less industrial world : evolution and exploitation

A Postindustrial Revolution?

Global industry and the environment

Globalization and the complexities of industrial trends

Conclusion.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-312) and index.

ISBN:

0-8133-4360-7

Publisher Number:

2027/heb31231 hdl