Economic History

  1. Industrial Revolution
    1. British Industrialization
      1. Preconditions
        1. Agricultural Revolution
          1. Enclosure Movement
            1. Crop Rotation Systems
              1. Selective Breeding
                1. Productivity Increases
                2. Natural Resources
                  1. Coal Deposits
                    1. Iron Ore
                      1. Geographic Distribution
                        1. Extraction Technology
                        2. Institutional Framework
                          1. Property Rights
                            1. Political Stability
                              1. Patent System
                              2. Cultural Factors
                                1. Scientific Revolution
                                  1. Enlightenment Ideas
                                    1. Entrepreneurial Culture
                                    2. Colonial Advantages
                                      1. Raw Material Access
                                        1. Export Markets
                                          1. Capital Accumulation
                                        2. Key Innovations
                                          1. Textile Industry
                                            1. Spinning Jenny
                                              1. Water Frame
                                                1. Power Loom
                                                  1. Cotton Gin
                                                  2. Steam Power
                                                    1. Steam Engine Development
                                                      1. Industrial Applications
                                                        1. Transportation Uses
                                                        2. Iron and Steel
                                                          1. Puddling Process
                                                            1. Hot Blast Furnace
                                                              1. Bessemer Process
                                                              2. Transportation
                                                                1. Canal Systems
                                                                  1. Railway Development
                                                                    1. Road Improvements
                                                                  2. Factory System
                                                                    1. Organization of Production
                                                                      1. Division of Labor
                                                                        1. Mechanization
                                                                          1. Labor Discipline
                                                                            1. Working Conditions
                                                                          2. Spread of Industrialization
                                                                            1. Continental Europe
                                                                              1. Belgium
                                                                                1. Early Adoption
                                                                                  1. Coal and Iron Resources
                                                                                    1. Textile Industry
                                                                                    2. France
                                                                                      1. State Role
                                                                                        1. Regional Variations
                                                                                          1. Infrastructure Development
                                                                                          2. German States
                                                                                            1. Zollverein
                                                                                              1. Railway Building
                                                                                                1. Heavy Industry
                                                                                              2. United States
                                                                                                1. Early Industrial Centers
                                                                                                  1. Transportation Revolution
                                                                                                    1. Immigration and Labor
                                                                                                      1. Technological Innovation
                                                                                                        1. Regional Specialization
                                                                                                        2. Other Regions
                                                                                                          1. Russia
                                                                                                            1. Japan
                                                                                                              1. Barriers to Industrialization
                                                                                                            2. Social and Economic Consequences
                                                                                                              1. Demographic Changes
                                                                                                                1. Population Growth
                                                                                                                  1. Urbanization
                                                                                                                    1. Migration Patterns
                                                                                                                    2. Social Structure
                                                                                                                      1. Working Class Formation
                                                                                                                        1. Middle Class Emergence
                                                                                                                          1. Elite Transformation
                                                                                                                          2. Living Standards
                                                                                                                            1. Consumption Patterns
                                                                                                                              1. Health and Nutrition
                                                                                                                                1. Housing Conditions
                                                                                                                                2. Labor Conditions
                                                                                                                                  1. Factory Work
                                                                                                                                    1. Child Labor
                                                                                                                                      1. Working Hours
                                                                                                                                        1. Safety Issues
                                                                                                                                        2. Labor Movement
                                                                                                                                          1. Trade Union Formation
                                                                                                                                            1. Strike Activity
                                                                                                                                              1. Political Organization
                                                                                                                                                1. Reform Movements

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