The Industrial Revolution in BritainIntroduction•Scales of timeoOne scale of time is events (president winning/losing election)▪Hours/days/months and maybe yearsoAnother is social conjuncture▪Emergence of new institution▪These type of changes can happen over centuries andmaybe even millenniaoAlvin Toffler,Third WaveoDavid Christian (quoted by Strayer, p. 826)▪Find new ways to harness en ergy (fossil fuels)▪Threshold – new ways of harnessing energy•Collective learning, global web of connectionsoStrayer, page 826/827oWhy has industrialization not become universal, practiced inevery country, unlike agriculture▪Capitalist globalization, property rights, and control oftechnology•Why EuropeoThe problem of Eurocentrism▪Form of the broad term, ethnocentrism▪Europeans are distinct and superior to other societiesoStrayer 827-832 and 771-775Factors that Led to the IR in England•Innovations in agriculture, good harvestsoDeveloping better use of fertilizers etcoSmall innovations that are key components of this storyoMore food/better variety/better diet•Growing populations (lots of laborers)oFewer children dieoAdults live longeroMore laborers•Demand for consumer goods by nobility & middle classoBuild bigger homesoFurnish big homesoSpending more on home decor etc, which means there’s moreof a need for laborers•Stable political-legal system (ex, property rights)