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    Industrialization and Appalachia The Industrial revolution did not “skip over” Appalachia but the native mountain people did not benefit from the effects of industrialization and were left in a worse situation. The stereotype of the Appalachian people that was formed prior to the industrialization era was that mountain people were noble‚ savage‚ independent‚ proud‚ rugged‚ dirty and uneducated. The industrialists to promote economic development and industrialization of Appalachia used this

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    During the post Civil War period‚ the United States entered a period of rapid industrialization and urbanization. The United States transitioned from being a rural country to becoming an urban country. Citizens moved from the countryside and crowded cities. Cities like New York City‚ Chicago‚ Cleveland‚ Pittsburgh… gained an influx of citizens and immigrants. From this rapid industrialization and urbanization many positive and negative effects arose affecting the sociological‚ economical‚ and political

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    Most people regard industrialization as a positive development capable of generating great wealth and revitalizing run-down areas. Mention industrialization today‚ and it brings to mind large factories organized with the latest technologies in mass producing. Along with these visions comes the promise of more jobs for the community‚ higher rates of pay‚ and financial stability. One can only think of the positive influences on a community that the opening of a new factory could bring‚ but during what

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    With the industrialization in America came an increasing demand for labor. At that time‚ a large majority of Americans still lived on the farms. Those that did live in urban area were those of skilled labor such as independent craftsmen and small businessmen. The challenge faced by factory owners was recruitment. One popular form‚ specifically utilized by textile mills‚ was enlisting young women in their late teens or early twenties. This became known as the Lowell or Waltham System. Although

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    Revolution itself refers to a change from hand and home production to machine and factory. This helped increase America’s growth. However‚ the industrial revolution truly changed American society and economy into a modern urban-industrial state. Industrialization in America involved three important developments. First‚ transportation was expanded. Second‚ electricity was effectively harnessed. Third‚ improvements were made to industrial processes such as improving the refining process and accelerating

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    Impact of Industrialization on Japan from 1750-1914 In the 1750s‚ Japan was ruled by the Tokugawa shogunate‚ which had seized control of the country at the beginning of the 17th century. The shogunate centralized Japan and transformed it from a constantly warring collection of disunified states into a single country at peace. The Tokugawa shogunate ruled Japan from the early 17th century until 1868‚ a period when Japan was well behind the industrialization of other nations. During the Meiji period

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    Industrial Revolution in Great Britain.  “Industrialization refers to a process that transformed agrarian and handicraft-centered economies into economies distinguished by industry and machine manufacture.” (Bentley 492) The Industrial Revolution was one of the most significant eras in human history. It transformed its society from an agricultural economy to one that lead to industry‚ machines‚ and manufacturing. The basic resources for industrialization were iron and textiles‚ along with the development

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    Karl Marx and Industrialization The 1800s arranged the foundation for today ’s world and witnessed the growth of big business‚ government development‚ advancement of new technologies and formation of novel philosophies about social order. Karl Marx‚ a German philosopher and politician made it his life’s work to logically understand capitalism and nurture revolutionary groups during this industrializing period. The idea of capitalism is one where there is private ownership over any product or service

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    THE EFFECTS OF INDUSTRIALIZATION 1.- Population and Economic Growth One of the most important changes was the continuous expansion of the population and the economy. Most observers in the eighteenth century did not believe that expansion of the population and the economy could be sustained indefinitely. The population had consistently expanded as the greater agricultural productivity permitted maintaining an adequate food supply. The industrial economy had been able to employ large numbers

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    direct investors) in Puerto Rico‚ he set out to adopt and implement similar in the British West Indies. The economies of the British Caribbean were mainly agricultural and there was a need to stimulate industrial growth and trade in manufactured goods‚ to diversify the economic base‚ since these economies were mainly monocrop economies. This term not only refers to the dependence on sugar and bananas‚ it also characterizes the dependence on tourism or the oil industry. Lewis therefore proposed

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