CHAPTER 20

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582CHAPTER20The IndustrialRevolutionand Its Impacton EuropeanSocietyLCHAPTER OUTLINE The Industrial Revolution in Great Britain The Spread of Industrialization The Social Impact of the Industrial Revolution ConclusionFOCUS QUESTIONS What conditions and developments coalesced in Great Britain to bringabout the first Industrial Revolution? What were the basic features of the new industrial system created bythe Industrial Revolution? How did the Industrial Revolution spread from Great Britain to theContinent and the United States, and how did industrialization in thoseareas differ from British industrialization? What effects did the Industrial Revolution have on urban life, socialclasses, family life, and standards of living? What were working conditions like in the early decades of the IndustrialRevolution, and what efforts were made to improve them?THE FRENCH REVOLUTION dramatically and quickly alteredthe political structure of France, and the Napoleonic conquestsspread many of the revolutionary principles in an equally rapid andstunning fashion to other parts of Europe.

was transforming the economic and social structure of Europe, although ... At the same time, a rapid growth of population in the sec- ... A crucial factor in Britain’s successful industrialization was the ability to produce cheaply those articles most in demand abroad. And the best markets abroad were not in

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