The Industrial Revolution The Industrial Revolution It has, been variously called the "Western Miracle" (Rosenberg and Birdzell 42) and the "European Miracle," (Jones) but it is commonly known as the Industrial Revolution. ... This research examines why the Industrial Revolution took place in Europe, and why it did not occur elsewhere, specifically Asia. Analysts who have taken on the question of why the industrial revolution occurred in Europe have proposed several theories, each of which, alone, fails to adequately explain the phenomenon. ... But these differences alone do not accoun...

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Railroads and Steamships The second Industrial Revolution was also a transportation revolution. ... In a short time, they had proliferated all over Europe and North America. ... The Industrial Revolution changed the perception of middle class women. ... Scientific Ideas The Industrial Revolution managed to catalyze dramatic advances in scientific knowledge. ... He concluded that the capppitalism of the Industrial revolution created a class of proleteriats, or industrial workers. ...

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Following the Industrial Revolution that started in Europe and the discovery of the America's, scholars of the time began taking a new vantage point called Eurocentrism. ... However the Industrial Revolution started in Europe and was one of the key innovations that helped to catapult Europe ahead of Asia. Due to the Industrial Revolution and the discovery of the Americas, Europe was finally able to surpass Asia in the world economy. ... The Industrial Revolution was another part of the puzzle that allowed Europe to surpass Asia as the dominate economic market of the world. ... The ab...

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Whereas, India had social issues such as famine and Latin America did not have the land capacity for the colonial powers to invest. ... Within Europe, the industrial revolution had created social distress and unease on the population. ... Thirdly, the industrial revolution which had left a surplus population allowed for colonial states to send out people to the settlements in Africa. ... Another reason that may have contributed to the rise of missionaries in Africa was that the industrial society from the emergence of cities and towns created a "godless" society where Christians began to feel ...

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The State System in this arena was affected by Industrial Revolution, representative governments, political changes, growth of international law, emergence of international organization, economic interdependence, revolution in the means of transport and communication. ... Year 1776 saw the American Declaration of Independence and in 1789 the Estates General meets in Paris beginning the French Revolution. ... CONGRESS OF VIENNA: (1814-1815) --> It ended the Napoleonic Wars and rightful, legitimate rulers deposed by the French Revolution were restored to power. ... New states joined Amer...

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As Erica Benner (2013) mentions in Nationalism: Intellectual Origins, a German reaction to the revolutions in America and France, which "claimed to found new national forms of legitimacy on universal, republican principles" (Benner 2013, p. 45), which was when the confederation of German states in 1800, or the Holy Roman Empire, were collapsing due to the pressure of the revolutionary wars. ... Fichte did support the French revolution initially, by even promoting the belief of using force to intervene in other countries and expand an ideology, and it illustrates the significant ideas of the ra...

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Before and after the war years Japan became a very powerful industrial nation, especially in the production of items manufactured in factories. ... The industrialisation of both China and Japan owe its revolution to America and Europe, therefore you can find European institutions within South-East Asia, which makes trading not such a foreign experience, or in other words, even our newly found friends have been influenced by Europe in some time in their history. ... The Australian image, or a common Australian person, has also shown to be a somewhat unanswerable question, but with the investi...

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The video also had clips of groups of African-American men making stereotypical remarks toward the white-Americans. ... But I never realized that the African-Americans of today still feel now, the way the African-Americans of that time felt towards the white-Americans. ... He also made fun of African-Americans and their "Ebonics." ... There were also many African-American pioneers of Industrial Revolution in America. ... Only twenty-two Jews were allowed to step onto American soil. ...

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The video also had clips of groups of African-American men making stereotypical remarks toward the white-Americans. ... But I never realized that the African-Americans of today still feel now, the way the African-Americans of that time felt towards the white-Americans. ... He also made fun of African-Americans and theirEbonics.? ... There were also many African-American pioneers of Industrial Revolution in America. ... Only twenty-two Jews were allowed to step onto American soil. ...

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Experimenting in chemical processes for preparing wood for papermaking took place during the 1850s and 1860s in Europe and America; commercial production of wood pulp by the sulphite process was achieved by 1887 in Ontario" (Kinsella 1). ... "In fact, even after the Industrial Revolution influenced America and the era of mass production and consumption was established here, many products were recycled" (Granera). ...

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Most of the world's productive capacities were in Asia and India up until the industrial revolution, according to Frank. ... Frank revolves his entire book around the idea that Europeans were only able to usurp power and influence by controlling the money supply from South America, the labor supply from Africa and the productive capacity of Asia. ... Vast and wealthy empires were in existence in both South America and Africa during this same time period and in Frank's view they had little to no influence on world economic development. ...

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