The industrial revolution in world history / Peter N. Stearns.

Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, [2007], ©2007.

x, 326 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

3rd ed.

Introduction : Defining the Industrial Revolution -- pt. 1. The first phase, 1760-1880 : western primacy, global contexts, and global results. Britain's revolution : new processes and economic transformation -- New causes : why did the Industrial Revolution happen, and why did it happen in eighteenth-century Britain? -- The Industrial Revolution in western society -- The social impact of the Industrial Revolution -- The Industrial Revolution outside the West -- pt. 2. The second phase, 1880-1950 : the new international cast. The Industrial Revolution changes stripes -- The Industrial Revolution in Russia -- The Industrial Revolution in Japan -- New developments in western societies : redefinitions of the industrial economy -- The Industrial Revolution in international context -- pt. 3. The third phase, 1950s-2000s : the industrialization of the world. The Industrial Revolution in the past half century -- Industrial revolutions and industrial sectors -- The new spectrum in the less industrial world : evolution and exploitation -- A Postindustrial Revolution? -- Global industry and the environment -- Globalization and the complexities of industrial trends -- Conclusion.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-312) and index.

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