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    To what extent was the industrial revolution a progressive process The industrial revolution‚ which took place in Britain and later spread to other parts of the world from the 18th to the 19th century was where there was a process of change from a hand production economy to machines and industrial methods. Moreover it later allowed mass production of food‚ material and significant inventions which was essential for conditions of life and that are still in used today. Although it occurred around the

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    the major changes that occurred during the industrial revolution in Europe in the 1800 ’s. I will be discussing what the role of an art dealer is‚ how the modern art dealership system arose and how the industrial revolution influenced the role of private art dealership systems in two ways. Firstly‚ it created a new middle class that had more expendable income which to spend on art. Secondly it generated pro-industrial revolution and anti-industrial revolution art movements. These changes increased the

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    Manufacturing and production during the Industrial Revolution substantially contributed to the creation of the modern society. It marked the beginning of the use of machinery to manufacture products. From machinery to new forms of power‚ the achievements made during the Industrial Revolution shaped much of the modern world that humans live in today. During the Industrial Revolution‚ improvements in machines produced larger quantities of manufactured goods‚ which led to a mass-production. Machines

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    The steam engine is one of the very first inventions during the Industrial Revolution and one of the most important invention ever created. A steam engine was a machine that used heat‚ water‚ and coal to power it. The steam engine was used in many different things‚ from water pumps in mines to trains. Steam engines helped this world get to where we are today. The steam engine had a rough start‚ but when people realized it could be used for more then just pumping water‚ it began to be used in bigger

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    Eish Maheshwari Industrial Revolution Research Paper During the 1750s and its subsequent years‚ the world entered an era of modernization and economic development: the Industrial Revolution. This drastic change was a transformation of the economy that impacted the lives of everyone in society‚ regardless of social status. Due to British colonial expansion into the Americas and western Africa‚ the Caribbean sugar trade brought capital into Britain that could be used for investments

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    Brenda Sanchez December 5‚ 2012 Industrial Revolution: Changing Role of Women Women have always been seen as less and worthless unlike men who have always been seen as more superior. Because of this‚ men denied the rights to women. During the Industrial Revolution‚ women had a more difficult lifestyle in comparison to the men. Women were often mistreated and taken advantage of. Women weren’t considered as equal to men‚ therefore they were given very few rights. Unfortunately‚ the amount of rights

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    The Industrial Revolution Business has gone through several different stages of evolution from feudalism to the industrial revolution. In the following‚ each stage of business evolution will be examined and explained in detail. FeudalismThe business or economic system in which one class of people‚ aristocrats‚ control the property rights to all valuable resources‚ including people. The Hierarchy of English Aristocrats is indicated to the right of the description of Feudalism. The position in which

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    The industrial revolution caused creative practitioners to re-examine the ways that form and function were applied to everyday objects. Mass production enabled them to reach a wider audience at a lower cost‚ and many artists used this to their full advantage. Of course‚ there very different responses to this. In the 20th century‚ Marcel Duchamp created the term “readymade”. A “readymade” was an ordinary mass-produced object transformed into an artwork merely by the choice of an artist. Duchamp was

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    Industrial Revolution through Michigan Lumbering When Michigan was first affected by the industrial revolution‚ it was with our lumber industry. Michigan is filled with different types of trees including White Pine. White Pine is very easy to handle and cut because it has a large base and its branches start at the top. It is very tall‚ straight‚ and there are a lot of them. It was first used for shelter and firewood but as the time moved on‚ its uses improved and expanded. When we first started

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    The Industrial Revolution is a term generally applied to the extraordinary transformation in the production‚ transportation‚ and communication through the substitution of mechanical manufacture for hard labor. This revolution gave way to a stream of inventors and investors‚ from Rockefeller‚ to Carnegie‚ to Thomas Edison. The start of the Industrial Revolution is often credited to Samuel Slater. He opened the first industrial mill‚ in the U.S.‚ in the year 1790. It was based on a British mill.

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