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Post-industrial society — A post industrial society is a society in which an economic transition has occurred from a manufacturing based economy to a service based economy, a diffusion of national and global capital, and mass privatization. The prerequisites to this… … Wikipedia
post-industrial society — post industrial society, post industrialism Terms popularized by the publication of Daniel Bell s The Coming of Post Industrial Society in 1973. According to Bell, a post industrial society is one where knowledge has displaced property as the… … Dictionary of sociology
post-industrial — UK US /ˌpəʊstɪnˈdʌstriəl/ adjective [before noun] ECONOMICS ► belonging or relating to an economy that is based more on service industries than on manufacturing: post industrial economy/society/world »As the state works to rebuild its post… … Financial and business terms
post-industrial — post in dustrial adj relating to the period in the late 20th century when the older types of industry became less important, and computers became more important ▪ the post industrial information based society … Dictionary of contemporary English
post-industrial — society … Dictionary of sociology
post-industrial — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ (of an economy or society) no longer relying on heavy industry … English terms dictionary
Post-industrial economy — A post industrial economy refers to a period of growth within an industrialized economy or nation in which the relative importance of manufacturing lessens and that of services, information, and research grows.Such economies are often marked by:… … Wikipedia
post-industrial — adj. Post industrial is used with these nouns: ↑society … Collocations dictionary
post-industrial — adjective connected with the period in the late 20th century when the older types of industry became less important, and computers became more important: work patterns in postindustrial society … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
Industrial archaeology — Industrial archaeology, like other branches of archaeology, is the study of material culture from the past, but with a focus on industry. Strictly speaking, industrial archaeology includes sites from the earliest times (such as prehistoric copper … Wikipedia
