The industrial revolution in world history [electronic resource] / Peter N. Stearns.
Stearns, Peter N.
2013
HD2321 .S74 2013eb
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Title The industrial revolution in world history [electronic resource] / Peter N. Stearns.
Author Stearns, Peter N.
Edition 4th ed.
ISBN 9780813347301 (electronic bk.)
9780813347295 (pbk.)
Imprint Boulder, CO : Westview Press, 2013.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (ix, 318 p.) : ill., maps.
Call Number HD2321 .S74 2013eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 338.09
Summary From noted historian Peter N. Stearns, a concise, accessible examination of the industrial revolution through the twenty-first century, investigating the cause and effect of this global phenomenon.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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List of illustrations
Introduction: defining the industrial revolution
The first phase, 1970-1880
Britain's revolution
New causes
The industrial revolution in western society
The social impact of the industrial revolution
The industrial revolution outside the West
The second phase, 1880-1950
The industrial revolution changes stripes, 1880-1950
The industrial revolution in Russia
The industrial revolution in Japan
New developments in western societies : a second revolution?
The industrial revolution in international context
The third phase, 1950s-2000s
The industrial revolution in the past half century
New industrial revolutions
The less industrial world
Postindustrial : societies and global balance
Global industry and the environment
Globalization and global industrial societies 1880-1950
Conclusion
Index.

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