industrial revolution
noun
: a rapid major change in an economy (as in England in the late 18th century) marked by the general introduction of power-driven machinery or by an important change in the prevailing types and methods of use of such machines
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Long before the industrial revolution, humans were forming teams - naturally.
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Chris Westfall, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2025
The industrial revolution had sent both Americans and Europeans digging deep into the Earth to find the ores and minerals that powered modern industries like coal mining.
—Caroline Winterer / Made By History, TIME, 14 Jan. 2025
The first broad generation of American economists, of the Gilded Age, were nebbish cloistered bookworms who missed out on being a doer in the greatest era of being a doer, the industrial revolution.
—Brian Domitrovic, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
But whereas those European experiences of urbanization were part of an industrial revolution that saw growth accelerate dramatically, the more recent urbanization of what used to be called the Third World has occurred in places where economic growth is either low, slowing down, or nonexistent.
—Richard Beck, Harper's Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
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Chris Westfall, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2025
The industrial revolution had sent both Americans and Europeans digging deep into the Earth to find the ores and minerals that powered modern industries like coal mining.
—Caroline Winterer / Made By History, TIME, 14 Jan. 2025
The first broad generation of American economists, of the Gilded Age, were nebbish cloistered bookworms who missed out on being a doer in the greatest era of being a doer, the industrial revolution.
—Brian Domitrovic, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
But whereas those European experiences of urbanization were part of an industrial revolution that saw growth accelerate dramatically, the more recent urbanization of what used to be called the Third World has occurred in places where economic growth is either low, slowing down, or nonexistent.
—Richard Beck, Harper's Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
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“Industrial revolution.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/industrial%20revolution. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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