closely related with technological innovation‚ particularly with the development of large scale energy and metallurgy production. Geographers view it as the extensive organisation of an economy for the purpose of manufacturing (Hiller‚ 2010). Industrialisation started in North America around 1840’s with the migration of industrial technology. People adapted use of machines. Agriculture revolution took place and farmers produced more crops for more people. Lot of rural to urban and international migration
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results of the Industrial Revolution led to many short and long-term positive and negative effects. However the short-term negative effects outweighed the long-term positive effects of the Industrial Revolution. Short-term negative effects included death and illnesses from working in factories‚ poor working conditions‚ and poor conditions within cities. While some of the long-term positive effects are cheaper prices‚ competition for trade‚ and the spread of industrialization. The poor working
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through agriculture. Mining reaps huge profits for the companies that own them and provides employment to a large number of people. It is also a huge source of revenue for the government. Despite its economic importance‚ the effects of mining on the environment is a pressing issue Effects of Mining on Environment Rainforests are the biggest source of oxygen‚ wood and medicines on this earth. Amazon rainforest is known for its alluvial gold deposits. Gold is found both in river channels and at the banks
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UNITED NATIONS ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR AFRICA Forty-sixth session of the Economic Commission for Africa Sixth Joint Annual Meetings of the ECA Conference of African Ministers of Finance‚ Planning and Economic Development and AU Conference of Ministers of Economy and Finance AFRICAN UNION COMMISSION Eighth session of the Conference of African Ministers of Economy and Finance Distr.: General E/ECA/CM/46/2 AU/CAMEF/MIN/2(VIII) 7 March 2013 Abidjan‚
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1a: Describe pre-industrial rural life and cottage industries What was life like before machines? 2 things: life and home how production worked large‚ mostly poor lower class; small‚ mostly rich upper class (no middle class) 9/10 people on farms many items handmade knew very little about outside world => travel difficult domestic industries => home business mostly making cloth “home-based textile makers” v. few people literate raised food on small farms textile manufacturing => first
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The effect of Industrialisation shown by rising income levels since 1500. The graph shows the gross domestic product (at purchasing power parity) per capita between 1500 and 1950 in 1990 International dollars for selected nations. [1] Industrialisation (orindustrialization) is the process of social and economic change that transforms a human group from anagrarian society into an industrialone. It is a part of a widermodernisation process‚ where social change and economic developmentare closely related
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History of industrialisation Main article: Pre-industrial society A Watt steam engine‚ the steam engine fuelled primarily by coal that propelled the Industrial Revolution in the United Kingdom and the world.[10] Most pre-industrial economies had standards of living not much above subsistence‚ among that the majority of the population were focused on producing their means of survival. For example‚ in medieval Europe‚ 80% of the labour force was employed in subsistence agriculture. Some pre-industrial
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Stalin use industrialisation and collectivisation to consolidate his power in the 1930s? Stalin used both collectivisation and industrialisation to consolidate power in Russia during the 1930s. Both policies allowed him to gain control over the economy‚ and to discredit or eliminate his rivals within the Communist Party. Without these programs‚ there could have been no totalitarian rule in Russia. Even before launching his economic program in 1929‚ Stalin used the industrialisation debate of
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Industrialisation and the Family. Using material from item B and elsewhere‚ assess the claim that industrialisation led to the break up of the extended family. Industrialisation came about in the early 1900s. It was the growth of manufacturing and agricultural farmers went to the urban areas leaving the rural land behind looking for work. People say that industrilisation was the cause that led to the break up of the extended family. Talcott Parsons believed in the functionalist theory. He
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bie Posted November 2‚ 2009 at 8:53 PM via web dislike2like What are the disadvantages of industrialization? 7 Answers | Add Yours pohnpei397 | College Teacher | (Level 3) Distinguished Educator Posted November 2‚ 2009 at 10:14 PM (Answer #1) dislike4like The major disadvantages of industrialization fall into two categories: social and environmental. Environmentally‚ industrialization both pollutes the environment and depletes its resources. Industry requires huge amounts of inputs such
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