Industrielle Revolution - Industrialisierung

Around the year 1700, the lives of most people in Europe were not much different from those of their ancestors in 1600 or 1500. Generally, life was uniform and manageable, except during times of crisis. This was true for both rural and urban life. Established social structures, clearly defined duties, dependencies, and ways of life, as well as familiar ways of thinking, all began to change when, in the 18th century, a profound transformation in economics, work, housing, communal life, and even thinking began, first in Great Britain and then elsewhere. The driving force behind this transformation was a new mode of production: industry. Over the course of about a hundred years, it radically changed parts of Europe and later other continents, giving rise to many of the factors that continue to shape our lives today.

This volume explains how the uniform and manageable lives of people in the 18th century underwent a profound transformation in the realms of economics, work, housing, communal life, and even thinking, first in Great Britain and subsequently elsewhere. The author describes how new industrial production methods revolutionized Europe and other continents and which factors that emerged from this transformation have always influenced our lives up to the present day in this impressive work.