Industrialization


the large-scale introduction of manufacturing, advanced technical enterprises, and other productive economic activity into an area, society, country, etc.
conversion to the methods, aims, and ideals of and economic activity, particularly of an area that was previously underdeveloped economically.
Contemporary Examples

Why was Tocqueville not more alarmed by the economic power that he saw emerging in the early days of American industrialization?
Poulos Gets Piketty—and Tocqueville—Wrong Arthur Goldhammer April 25, 2014

Old recipes were forgotten, and the quality of meat and produce declined with the industrialization of farming.
The Resurgence of British Cuisine Condé Nast Traveler January 16, 2014

The output of CO2 by industrialization and other human activities—also rising, also measured.
Extreme Weather? Blame the End Times Jay Michaelson November 27, 2014

The decades after the Civil War brought the industrialization of food production, distribution, and marketing.
‘Bitter Brew’ and the Epic Battle for America’s Beer Daniel Gross December 15, 2012

The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens Dickens takes us into the harsh Victorian-era reality of British industrialization.
David’s Book Club David Frum February 20, 2012

Historical Examples

The Co-ordinator sent us here to find a method of bringing backward cultures to industrialization.
Adaptation Dallas McCord Reynolds

Its labor force is large enough for the level of the country’s industrialization, but there is a shortage of skilled workers.
Area Handbook for Bulgaria Eugene K. Keefe, Violeta D. Baluyut, William Giloane, Anne K. Long, James M. Moore, and Neda A. Walpole

But industrialization calls for a highly educated element of scientists and technicians, nor does it stop there.
Expediter Dallas McCord Reynolds

After that, with industrialization, we have cities developing.
Planet of the Gods Robert Moore Williams

Every industrialization means a pauperization to a certain extent.
The Modern Woman’s Rights Movement Kaethe Schirmacher

n.

1883, from industrialize + -ation.

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