Warm-Up: 3/19• Approximately three-fourths of the world’s industrial production is concentrated in four regions. Which

of the following is NOT a part of one of these four regions?A. southeastern Canada B. Ukraine C. eastern Russia D. Japan E. western Europe

• The industrial revolution began in A. Great Britain B. JapanC. the Soviet UnionD. the United StatesE. Germany

• The lowest cost form of transporting goods very long distances is:A. truckB. trainC. ship D. airplane

• The location of a maquiladora plant is a good example of the importance ofA. situation factorsB. site factors C. post-Fordist productionD. break-of-bulk pointsE. transportation factors

• Soft drink bottling is an example of aA. perishable industryB. specialized industryC. bulk-gaining industry D. communications-oriented industryE. single-market industry

• Where did industry originate?

IndustrializationWhere did

Industrialization originate?

Where did industry originate?• In Great Britain, during the late

eighteenth century, the Industrial Revolution was born.

• Innovations in manufacturing and efficiency brought higher quantities of high quality goods to consumers for lower prices than ever before in history.

• Goods such as guns, food, tobacco, and textiles were processed and manufactured efficiently.

Cottage Industries• Manufacturing based in homes rather

than in factories• Commonly found before the Industrial

Revolution• Important cottage industry: textiles• Putters-out: conducted transactions

between workers and merchants; the “middle men”

Examples of Technology created by the Industrial Revolution

• Steam engine (1769)—James Watt• Puddling (method that effectively

purified pig iron)—Henry Cort• Modern railway (1784)—William

Symington and William Murdoch• Cotton gin (1793)—Eli Whitney• Canning method (1810)—Nicholas

Appert• Tinned can (1839)—Peter Durand

Industries Affected During the Industrial Revolution

• Iron Industry– This was the first industry to benefit

from invention of the steam engine.– Iron ore mined from the ground was

smelted in blast furnaces, poured into casts, then transported for further refinement from the pig iron form.

– The steam engine kept the furnaces hot during the heating and cooling of the iron and steel during production.

Industries Affected During the Industrial Revolution

• Coal Industry– Prior to the Industrial Revolution, the primary source of

energy was wood.– Wood was becoming scarce because it was being used

for fuel, shipbuilding, construction, and furniture.– The industries (furnace, mills, and forges) became

clustered into four large integrated centers, all situated near coal fields:• Clydeside• South Wales• Staffordshire• South Yorkshire

Industries Affected During the Industrial Revolution

• Engineering– 1795—James Watt and Matthew Bolson

began their own business.– They produced hundreds of new

machines that greatly increased the efficiency of the industrial process.

– This gave birth to modern engineering and the manufacture of machine parts.

Industries Affected During the Industrial Revolution

• Transportation– There were

transportation inventions, such as canals and railways, during the Industrial Revolution.

– Development of the railway, also known as the “iron horse”

– 1825—first public railway in the north of England

Industries Affected During the Industrial Revolution

• Textiles– 1760-1800: Many inventions transformed the

textile industry from a cottage industry into a complex factory system

– Chemicals: used to bleach and dye clothing– It was discovered that, by combining natural

fibers, such as wool and cotton, with various chemicals, new synthetic materials would be formed.

– Today: the largest textile factories in the world are owned by chemical companies.

Industries Affected During the Industrial Revolution

• Food Processing– The workers of the Industrial Revolution

could not grow their own food and work factory jobs.

– Canning preserved food by killing the bacteria that spoil food.

– The tinned can made canning cheaper than earlier glass bottling techniques.

Diffusion of the Industrial Revolution from the United Kingdom

• 1851: Crystal Palace: World’s Fair in London; symbolized Britain’s dominance in the Industrial Revolution

• At the time, Britain produced ½ of the world’s cotton fabric and iron AND mined 2/3 of the coal being used in the world.

• The Industrial Revolution spread eastward to Europe and westward to the U.S.

DIFFUSION TO EUROPE

• The political disruptions of the French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars delayed the spread of the Industrial Revolution to other European countries until the end of the 19th century. Then, it reached the Netherlands, Russia, and Sweden.

• The Netherlands, Russia, and Sweden did not reach the level of industrialization of France, Britain, Belgium, and Germany until the 20th century.

DIFFUSION TO THE U.S.• Samuel Slater, a former

worker at a factory in England, built the first U.S. textile mill in Rhode Island in 1791.

• To avoid entanglement in the Napoleonic Wars, the U.S. imposed a trade embargo with Europe in 1808. The embargo sparked domestic industrial development in the U.S.

• In the late 19th and early 20th centuries industrial technology spread to Japan, Canada, and many former British colonies.

Diffusion of Industrial Revolution

• For a century, Great Britain held a virtual monopoly on its industrial innovations– Government actively tried to prevent

diffusion• Gave Britain enormous economic advantage• Contributed greatly to growth and strength of

British Empire

• Continental Europe received its impact in last half of the nineteenth century

Diffusion of railroads across Europe provides a good index of the spread of technology and the Industrial Revolution

Was diffusion hierarchical or contagious?

Diffusion of Industrial Revolution

Diffusion of the Industrial Revolution changed cultures in much of the world.

Diffusion beyond Great Britain

• Industrial technology finally diffused beyond the British Isles – United States began rapid adoption of new

technology about 1850– About 1900, Japan was the first major non-

Western country to undergo full industrialization

– Early in the 20th century, industrialization spread into Russia and Ukraine

– In the second half of the 20th century, countries such as Taiwan, South Korea, China, India, and Singapore joined the manufacturing age

Remember that industry remains concentrated in four regions!

• Eastern North America

• Western Europe

• Eastern Europe

(e.g. Russia)• East Asia

(e.g. Japan)

Interesting…

• Toys ‘R Us is now at the site of the first factory in Great Britain—Manchester, England

Artist’s View of Industrialization

Have we agreed to the ongoing destruction of the planet in exchange for living comfortably today?

Poets and artists of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries reacted strongly to the

emerging landscape.

Industry creates a landscape, not for beauty, but for profit and utility

• Renewable resource crises – Deforestation– Open-pit mines – Strip-mining – Overfishing

• Industrial landscapes– Air and water pollution– Acid rain– Greenhouse effect and ozone

depletion