APHG INDUSTRIALIZTION: HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY

‘Machines replace Hands’

HEARTH of the Industrial Revolution: England

*All Factors of Production present for first time!! (LLCT)

Major manufacturing regions of the world: ‘The CORE’

The machines that propelled the Industrial Revolution.

James Watts original steam engine.

The steam engine filled the dream of inanimate power on a large and flexible scale.

The steam engine forever changed the face of transportation.

DIFFUSION of the Industrial Revolution

Note dates of diffusion

*UK first

*Russia about the same time as USA….

The Industrial Revolution coincided with and advanced the other “revolutions”. The Medical and Second Agricultural Revolutions occurred at the same time.

This convergence was a critical factor in the development of the modern world.

Europe’s Economic Core and Regions

North America’s Manufacturing Regions

Russia’s Manufacturing Regions

East Asian Manufacturing Centers

*NIC

*Asia’s Tigers/Dragons

*SEZ’s in China

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