The industrial revolution in world history

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Debates -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction: Defining the Industrial Revolution -- Technology and Work Organization -- Issues in Interpretation -- The Range of the Industrial Revolution -- Chronology and Geography -- Part 1 The First Phase, 1760-1880: Western Primacy, Global Contexts, and Global Results -- 2 Britain's Revolution: New Processes and Economic Transformation -- Britain Becomes the Workshop of the World -- Industrialization Exacts a Price -- Change Generates Change: After 1820 -- 3 New Causes: Why Did the Industrial Revolution Happen, and Why Did It Happen in Eighteenth-Century Britain? -- Three Approaches: British/Western, Comparative and Global -- Trigger: Why the Eighteenth Century? -- Britain as a Special Case -- 4 The Industrial Revolution in Western Society -- France: An Eclectic Course -- Germany: Heavy Industry and Big Business -- The United States: Dynamism of a New Nation -- The Industrial West by the 1880s -- 5 The Social Impact of the Industrial Revolution -- Life on the Job -- Forging the Industrial Family -- Social Divisions and Protest -- A New Political and Cultural Context -- 6 The Industrial Revolution outside the West -- Pilot Projects: Russia -- Pilot Projects: Asia, Latin America, and Africa -- Restructuring the International Economy -- The Two Faces of International Impact -- Part 2 The Second Phase, 1880-1950: The New International Cast -- 7 The Industrial Revolution Changes Stripes, 1880-1950 -- Second-Phase Trends -- Why Japan and Russia? -- 8 The Industrial Revolution in Russia -- Early Industrialization: Before the Revolution -- Social Impacts: Industrialization and Revolution -- The Industrial Revolution under Communism -- 9 The Industrial Revolution in Japan -- The Context for Industrialization.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Introduction: Defining the Industrial Revolution -- Technology and Work Organization -- Issues in Interpretation -- The Range of the Industrial Revolution -- Chronology and Geography -- PART ONE | The First Phase, 1760-1880 Western Primacy, Global Contexts, and Global Results -- 1 Britain's Revolution New Processes and Economic Transformation -- Britain Becomes the Workshop of the World -- Industrialization Exacts a Price -- Change Generates Change -- 2 New Causes Why Did the Industrial Revolution Happen, and Why Did It Happen in Eighteenth-Century Britain? -- Three Approaches: Minimal, Western, and Global -- Trigger: Why the Eighteenth Century? -- Britain as a Special Case -- 3 The Industrial Revolution in Western Society -- France: An Eclectic Course -- Germany: Trend to Big Business -- The United States: Dynamism of a New Nation -- The Industrial West by the 1880s -- 4 The Social Impact of the Industrial Revolution -- Life on the Job -- Forging the Industrial Family -- Social Divisions and Protest -- A New Political and Cultural Context -- 5 The Industrial Revolution Outside the West -- Pilot Projects: Russia -- Pilot Projects: Asia, Latin America, and Africa -- India and the Middle East -- Latin America and Africa -- China -- Restructuring the International Economy -- The Two Faces of International Impact -- PART TWO | The Second Phase, 1880-1950 The New International Cast -- 6 The Industrial Revolution Changes Stripes, 1880-1950 -- Second-Phase Trends -- Why Japan and Russia? -- 7 The Industrial Revolution in Russia -- Early Industrialization: Before the Revolution -- Social Impacts: Industrialization and Revolution -- The Industrial Revolution Under Communism -- 8 The Industrial Revolution in Japan -- The Context for Industrialization

"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 History is 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"--Provided by publisher