History glossary
Industrialisation
the shift from hand production to machine production, factories, fossil fuels, and large-scale industry.
- Category
- Economic process
What it means
Industrialisation transformed economies, cities, labor, transport, warfare, and daily life. It began in Britain before spreading elsewhere, driven by coal, steam power, textiles, iron, finance, empire, and new forms of work.
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Stories using this term
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