Part Three: Transformation to Urban Industrial Capitalism
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January 2021
- Jan 22, 2021 #24 A Transformative Timeline: Transformation and Destruction Jan 22, 2021
- Jan 29, 2021 #25 Transformation is Revolutionary Jan 29, 2021
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February 2021
- Feb 5, 2021 #26 Transformation and Western Social Science Feb 5, 2021
- Feb 12, 2021 #27 The French Revolution, Napoleon and the Beginnings of Transformation Across Europe Feb 12, 2021
- Feb 19, 2021 #28 War, Revolution and the Struggle for European Domination 1750 to 1815: Conditions for Industrial Transformation in Europe Feb 19, 2021
- Feb 26, 2021 #29 European Transformation and World Power Feb 26, 2021
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March 2021
- Mar 5, 2021 #30 The Revolution in Haiti Mar 5, 2021
- Mar 12, 2021 #31 Britain and the 19th Century Mar 12, 2021
- Mar 19, 2021 #32 Industrialisation and Technological Transformation Mar 19, 2021
- Mar 26, 2021 #33 Finance, Banking and the Gold Standard: a Privatised National Money Market Mar 26, 2021
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April 2021
- Apr 1, 2021 #34 Catching Up and Falling Behind Apr 1, 2021
- Apr 9, 2021 #35 Monopoly Cartels: Concentration of Capital Apr 9, 2021
- Apr 16, 2021 #36 Industrialisation: the USA and Germany Apr 16, 2021
- Apr 23, 2021 #37 Colonisation Renewed: The Struggle for Global Dominance in the 19th Century Apr 23, 2021
#36 Industrialisation: the USA and Germany
During the 19th century, the world’s most powerful nations industrialised. Industrialisation was a historically unique process. Industrialisation involved the creation of ‘infrastructure’, communication through roads, railways, and canals; the building of massive factories, producing a huge volume of goods, and most of society living close together in urban housing side by side. None of this had ever occurred before in all the world’s history. Britain was out in front in the 19th century as she led the way with industrialisation, however, the USA caught up, and Germany too by the end of the century from a slow start. All three societies came to Industrialisation through their unique histories, so there were many differences.
#31 Britain and the 19th Century
The growth of 19th century manufacturing was built on the back of Enslaved People, the taxes of Indian peasants and the subsequent impoverishment of the Indian peoples. Enslaved peoples provided cotton, the raw material, from which industrial textile manufacturing became the leading product of the industrial revolution. The money derived from Indian taxpayers became the backbone of the City of London.