Second Industrial Revolution
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Second Industrial Revolution — The Second Industrial Revolution, typically dated between 1870 and 1914, was a second phase of the Industrial Revolution, involving several developments within the chemical, electrical, petroleum, and steel industries. [ Western Civilization ,… … Wikipedia
Industrial Revolution — Inˌdustrial Revoˈlution noun [singular] the period in the 18th and 19th centuries when machines were first used to produce goods on a large scale: • The Industrial Revolution created a great demand for urban housing. * * * industrial revolution… … Financial and business terms
industrial revolution — (sometimes caps.) the totality of the changes in economic and social organization that began about 1760 in England and later in other countries, characterized chiefly by the replacement of hand tools with power driven machines, as the power loom… … Universalium
Industrial Revolution — The Industrial Revolution was a period in the late 18th and early 19th centuries when major changes in agriculture, manufacturing, and transportation had a profound effect on the socioeconomic and cultural conditions in Britain. The changes… … Wikipedia
Industrial Revolution, The — This term is used to refer to the period of rapid social, economic, demographic, and technological change which took place in Britain from the latter half of the eighteenth century to the first half of the nineteenth century. There is much debate … Dictionary of sociology
Textile manufacture during the Industrial Revolution — With the establishment of overseas colonies, the British Empire at the end of the 17th century/beginning of the 18th century had a vast source of raw materials and a vast market for manufactured goods. The manufacture of goods was performed on a… … Wikipedia
Industrial espionage — Both the OGPU and the GRU began to collect proprietary and classified industrial information in the late 1920s. As part of Joseph Stalin’s plan to modernize the Soviet Union through a series of Five Year Plans, the intelligence service began… … Historical dictionary of Russian and Soviet Intelligence
Revolution industrielle — Révolution industrielle La révolution industrielle, expression créée par Adolphe Blanqui[1], désigne le phénomène majeur du XIXe siècle qui se caractérise par le passage d une société à dominante agraire à une société industrielle. Ce… … Wikipédia en Français
Révolution Industrielle — La révolution industrielle, expression créée par Adolphe Blanqui[1], désigne le phénomène majeur du XIXe siècle qui se caractérise par le passage d une société à dominante agraire à une société industrielle. Ce processus a affecté… … Wikipédia en Français
Révolution industrielle (alternative) — Révolution industrielle La révolution industrielle, expression créée par Adolphe Blanqui[1], désigne le phénomène majeur du XIXe siècle qui se caractérise par le passage d une société à dominante agraire à une société industrielle. Ce… … Wikipédia en Français
