Description of Industrialization in America

Industrialisation (or industrialization) 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.[2]

Industrialisation also introduces a form of philosophical change where people obtain a different attitude towards their perception of nature, and a sociological process of ubiquitous rationalisation.

There is considerable literature on the factors facilitating industrial modernisation and enterprise development.[3] Key positive factors identified by researchers have ranged from favourable political-legal environments for industry and commerce, through abundant natural resources of various kinds, to plentiful supplies of relatively low-cost, skilled and adaptable labour.

As industrial workers incomes rise, markets for consumer goods and services of all kinds tend to expand and provide a further stimulus to industrial investment and economic growth.

The first country to industrialise was the United Kingdom during the Industrial Revolution commencing in the eighteenth century.[4]

By the end of the 20th century, East Asia had become one of the most recently industrialised regions of the world . [5]

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1 Description

2 History of industrialisation

2.1 Industrial revolution in Western Europe

2.2 Early industrialisation in other countries

2.3 The Third World

2.4 Petrol-producing countries

2.5 Industrialisation in Asia

2.6 Newly industrialised countries

3 Social and environmental consequences

3.1 Urbanisation

3.2 Exploitation

3.3 Change to family structure

3.4 Environment

4 Current situation

5 See also

6 References

7 Further reading

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