change from a farming economy to one based on industrial production in towns and cities.
The change from a subsistance economy where there is little or no machine or mechanical development, to a highly mechanised, production-oriented economy. Industries develop on a wide scale.
Refers to the transition in methods of production that has been responsible for the vastly increased wealth creating capacity of modern societies compared with traditional systems. It may refer to manufacturing, agriculture and administration.
the development of industry on an extensive scale
The development of industry on a large-scale.
the process of moving towards large-scale mechanised industry, usually accompanied by urbanisation, rather than agriculture, crafts and trading
Process of social and economic change whereby a society is transformed from a subsistence-type economy where markets are unimportant, to one in which there are industries and a net of markets to dispose of goods and services. This social and economic change is closely linked to technological innovation, particularly the development of large-scale energy production.
continued economic growth by spending money on manufacturing, usually through automating processes. At first, industrialisation was concentrated on factory production, and later spread to agriculture and services.
use of mechanisation and automation technology.
Industrialisation (also spelt Industrialization) or an Industrial Revolution is a process of social and economic change whereby a human society is transformed from a pre-industrial (an economy where the amount of capital accumulated per capita is low) to an industrial state (see Pre-industrial society). This social and economic change is closely intertwined with technological innovation, particularly the development of large-scale energy production and metallurgy. Industrialisation is also related to some form of philosophical change, or to a different attitude in the perception of nature, though whether these philosophical changes are caused by industrialisation or vice-versa is subject to debate.
