Chap 17 (18?)
A value associated with middle class culture in Britain
Hard work
How did contact with other civilizations contribute to europes industrial revolution
It enabled Europe to draw disproportionately on the worlds resources
In the eighteenth century how did the industrial revolution solve an emerging energy crisis?
It introduced the use of coal oil and natural gas as sources of fuel
Most members of the aristocracy derived from wealth from
Landownership
Industrialization led to violent social revolution only in
Russia
Factor that pushed many Europeans to immigrate in the nineteenth century
The decline of peasant farming in their homeland
Made global migration an appealing option for many Europeans during the 19th century ?
The demand for labor overseas
Reason for the failure of socialism to take root in the Us
The higher standard of living enjoyed by most American workers
Groups that benefited the most from the industrial revolution in Britain
The middle class
Group in the US in the early twentieth century pressed for reforms to correct the abuses of capitalist industrialization
The progressives
Offered as an explanation for why Britain was the first European country to industrialize?
The scientific revolution in Great Britain fostered technological innovation
Played a role in industrial development in Russia than in the US or Western Europe?
The state
Describes a feature of Karl Marx vision of the society he predicted would emerge after the collapse of capitalism?
A society without class and conflict
Result of the industrial revolution ?
An increase in production in mining and manufacturing and services
How did britains geography affect its industrial revolution?
Coal and iron ore deposits were abundant and close together
Why industrialization first occurred in Europe?
Europeans rulers foster unusually close alliances with their merchant classes
In 19th century Britain women from the laboring classes found jobs as
Factory workers and domestic servants
How did the working class movement in Britain differ from the one in Russia?
It advocated class struggle and revolution to overthrow capitalism
Describes how the industrial revolution unfolded?
It began independently in one one place in Great Britain
Reflects an explanation for europes industrial revolution which most historians criticize as Eurocentric and deterministic?
Unique features of European society economy or history gave it a long term advantage
Argument that serves to counter the notion that European culture is inherently more suited to industry and technology?
Until about 1750, core areas of Europe India and China enjoyed similar levels of economic development
Accompanied industrialization wherever it occurred in the world
Urbanization