From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search A visualization of the various routes through a portion of the Internet. The Information Age‚ also commonly known as the Computer Age or Digital Age‚ is a period in human history characterized by the shift from traditional industry that the industrial revolution brought through industrialization‚ to an economy based on the information computerization. The onset of the Information Age is associated with the Digital Revolution
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Industrialization brought many changes to the United States. With the industrial movement came the introduction of factories. These factories provided many people with new job opportunities that had not been available before. Although the United States was growing economically‚ there were many new problems that emerged because of industrialization. Problems that arose in cities were health hazards‚ safety hazards‚ city waste pollutants‚ and child labor. The three key points that I will discuss are:
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The Effects of Industrialization on U.S. Society from 1865 - 1900 In 1865‚ America was just coming out of the period of Reconstruction following the damaging Civil War‚ and by the early 20th century‚ it was on the brink of the first World War. In between those events‚ the Second Industrial Revolution‚ also known as the Technological Revolution‚ occurred. It was marked by advancements in mechanization that made manufacturing more effective‚ and in turn made industrialization more widespread. This
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bie Posted November 2‚ 2009 at 8:53 PM via web dislike2like What are the disadvantages of industrialization? 7 Answers | Add Yours pohnpei397 | College Teacher | (Level 3) Distinguished Educator Posted November 2‚ 2009 at 10:14 PM (Answer #1) dislike4like The major disadvantages of industrialization fall into two categories: social and environmental. Environmentally‚ industrialization both pollutes the environment and depletes its resources. Industry requires huge amounts of inputs such
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Industrialisation is where the country begins to expand in producing secondary goods and services using factories and transport. This allowed extended families to become wage earner that meant they were able to work for someone else other than their selves and their families. This was important as extended families consisted of the children and their parents but also grandparents or aunts and uncles. So having a large family meant everyone had to contribute financially‚ also with educating the younger
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The process of industrialising a country is usually a long and drawn out one‚ but during the late 20’s Staling saw a need for a rapid industrialisation of Russia in order to bring it up to par with the remainder of Europe and the world. Although speeded up‚ the process took over 10 years‚ with the death of many. It began at the 15th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in December 1927‚ Joseph Stalin attacked the left by expelling Trotsky and his supporters from the party and then
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A HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF INDUSTRIALIZATION IN INDIA AND IN KERALA 20 . Introduction By way of substantiating the thesis that the large scale industries and their promotion have proved detrimental to environment‚ a close look at the history and evolution of industrialization is a must. But such a historical account of industrialization is too vast a field for the researcher to look into. It is therefore necessary to limit this enquiry to the area of industrialization in India in general
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INDUSTRIALIZATION Industrialisation :The process in which a society or country (or world) transforms itself from a primarily agricultural society into one based on the manufacturing of goods and services. Individual manual labour is often replaced by mechanized mass production and craftsmen are replaced by assembly lines. . It is a part of a wider modernisation process‚ where social change and economic development are closely related with technological innovation‚ particularly with the development
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Industrialisation is the process of social and economic change that transforms a human group from an agrarian society into an industrial one. It is a part of a wider modernisation process‚ where social change and economic development are closely related with technological innovation‚ particularly with the development of large-scale energy and metallurgy production. It is the extensive organisation of an economy for the purpose of manufacturing. Industrialisation also introduces a form of philosophical change
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Industrialisation was a slow transformation that took place in Europe during the first half of the nineteenth century. It affected many people and countries. Lots of areas of society and the economy improved during this time for example banking‚ transportation and communication all changed for the better. ’Western Europe underwent a period of rapid urbanization’ (Merriman‚ 1996‚ p.669). The population grew so the manufacturing industry had to change and improve in order to keep up with demand. Before
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