What is another word for industrial revolution?

Pronunciation: [ɪndˈʌstɹɪəl ɹˌɛvəlˈuːʃən] (IPA)

The term "industrial revolution" refers to the period of rapid technological advancement, economic growth and social change that marked the transition from manual labor to mechanized industry in the late 18th and early 19th century. Some synonyms that can be used for the term "industrial revolution" includes: industrialization, mechanization, the age of machinery, the machine age, the industrial age, the factory system, the technological revolution, the manufacturing revolution, and the mechanized age. All of these terms describe the same historical period characterized by the growth of factory production and advances in industry, technology, transportation, and communication that changed the way people lived and worked.

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Famous quotes with Industrial revolution

  • The industrial revolution has tended to produce everywhere great urban masses that seem to be increasingly careless of ethical standards.
    Irving Babbitt
  • Our climate is changing. The Earth's climate has, in fact, warmed by 1.1 to 1.6 degrees Fahrenheit since the industrial revolution. People look at this and say: Oh, that is not very much. In fact, it is very much, and it changes the dynamic. It impacts species. It kills some. It diminishes the carbon sink of the ocean. It does a number of things.
    Dianne Feinstein
  • I think the human race made a big mistake at the beginning of the industrial revolution, we leaped for the mechanical things, people need the use of their hands to feel creative.
    Andre Norton
  • To think that the new economy is over is like somebody in London in 1830 saying the entire industrial revolution is over because some textile manufacturers in Manchester went broke.
    Alvin Toffler
  • No one "voted in" the market economy and the industrial revolution, but today issues of direction of the economy, costs, redress, priorities, and goals all have become matters of conscious and debated social policy.
    Daniel Bell

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