Industrial Revolution

Industrial Revolution, term usually applied to the social and economic changes that mark the transition from a stable agricultural and commercial society to a modern industrial society relying on complex machinery rather than tools. It is used historically to refer primarily to the period in British history from the middle of the 18th cent. to the middle of the 19th cent.

Sections in this article:

• Introduction
• Its Effects
• The Worldwide Revolution
• The Industrial Revolution in Great Britain
• Nature of the Industrial Revolution
• Bibliography

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