Economic History

  1. Second Industrial Revolution and Globalization
    1. Technological Advances
      1. New Industries
        1. Steel Production
          1. Chemical Industry
            1. Electrical Industry
              1. Petroleum Industry
              2. Power Sources
                1. Electricity Generation
                  1. Internal Combustion Engine
                    1. Oil Refining
                    2. Communication Revolution
                      1. Telegraph Systems
                        1. Telephone Networks
                          1. Wireless Technology
                          2. Transportation Innovation
                            1. Railway Expansion
                              1. Steamship Improvements
                                1. Automobile Development
                              2. Corporate Capitalism
                                1. Big Business Formation
                                  1. Corporate Structure
                                    1. Stock Markets
                                      1. Mergers and Acquisitions
                                      2. Industrial Organization
                                        1. Monopolies and Trusts
                                          1. Cartels
                                            1. Vertical Integration
                                              1. Horizontal Integration
                                              2. Management Revolution
                                                1. Scientific Management
                                                  1. Taylorism
                                                    1. Mass Production
                                                      1. Fordism
                                                    2. International Economic System
                                                      1. Gold Standard
                                                        1. Mechanisms and Rules
                                                          1. Central Bank Cooperation
                                                            1. Adjustment Processes
                                                              1. Crisis Management
                                                              2. Capital Flows
                                                                1. International Investment
                                                                  1. Portfolio Investment
                                                                    1. Direct Investment
                                                                      1. Debt Financing
                                                                      2. Trade Expansion
                                                                        1. Volume Growth
                                                                          1. Commodity Composition
                                                                            1. Regional Patterns
                                                                              1. Trade Policies
                                                                            2. First Globalization
                                                                              1. Migration Patterns
                                                                                1. Transatlantic Migration
                                                                                  1. Asian Migration
                                                                                    1. Economic Motivations
                                                                                      1. Labor Market Effects
                                                                                      2. Market Integration
                                                                                        1. Price Convergence
                                                                                          1. Commodity Markets
                                                                                            1. Financial Markets
                                                                                            2. Economic Imperialism
                                                                                              1. Scramble for Africa
                                                                                                1. Asian Colonization
                                                                                                  1. Economic Motives
                                                                                                    1. Colonial Economic Systems
                                                                                                      1. Impact on Colonized Regions

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                                                                                                  6. World Wars and Interwar Crisis