Executive Summary: China’s economic growth since 1979 economic reforms is highly appreciable as it was a poverty-stricken and under-developed nation pre-1979. Researchers have been arguing about the factors that contributed to the economic growth of China in the past forty years and the following paper aims to highlight crucial contributing factors. Secondary data from journals, magazines, newspapers, and online resources have been used. The analysis indicated that China adopted western style economic policies of liberalization and free market reforms but...
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There are a lot of differences between the British industrial revolution and China's opening up. However, there are also some similarities between the two reformations. This essay will compare the similarities between the industrial revolution and China's recently opening up. Revolutions play a large part in history as change happens inevitably, the longer a system stays in action, the more disorganized it becomes; without changes to improve, the system will eventually collapse. That’s why reformations of our governing systems are...
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Whilst the definitions of labour and resources are quite straightforward, there can be some room for interpretation when defining capital and institutions. North D.C (1993, p.2.) has an interpretation that institutions are characterised by formal constraints (‘laws and constitutions’) and informal constraints (‘norms of behaviour, self-imposed codes of conduct) followed by their enforcement mechanisms. Capital in this context refers to productive resources (machinery etc.) and most notably is that money itself is not included in capital from the economist's point...
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The Industrial Revolution was the emergence of modern economic growth. This created the largest and most prolonged rise in living standards seen at the time. It originated in Britain during the nineteenth century with inventions such as the steam engine and the spinning jenny. There are two main arguments for what caused the Industrial Revolution and why it happened in Britain. The first is the incentives argument from people such as Allen. He argues high real wages in Britain and...
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1. What have been the main debates in historiography over the rise of the West? Describe how two historians have approached these ideas. Compare and evaluate their claims. The main debates in the historiography over the rise of the West include whether the West imitating the East proves superiority or inferiority over other civilizations, whether the main ideas; events, and innovations that shaped world history and our world today emerged from the West or the East, how much did other...
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The Industrial Revolution was a significant period in history, it brought new technological, socioeconomic, and cultural ideas to the world. Between the years 1760 to 1830, the Industrial Revolution was primarily limited to Britain, this period is commonly referred to as the first Industrial Revolution. Before the Industrial Revolution Britain was considered an agricultural society and was already a leading economy prospering from trade. Britain was a true “cottage industry” with most work being manufactured in small shops or homes....
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The Industrial Revolution began in Britain in the 18th century. But how did it start and why did it happen in Britain and not in France, Germany, or the United States? In this essay, I will try to answer these questions. In the 18th century, wood was the main source of energy for Britain and it supplied fuel for homes and small industries, but as the population increased, the demand for wood increased. At the same time, wood is bulky,...
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Work in the 22nd century holds more significance to the society more than any other activity, the ultimate goal of almost everyone is to find work, in the contemporary society work is regarded as commodity that pays out money and money is off value to a society so in order for people to get money most of them have to work and there’s often high competition in searching for work which results in high unemployment rates because as things stand...
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Britain was the leader of the industrial revolution in the 17th century while the rest of the modern world was struggling to catch up. The Industrial Revolution was made possible due to the many changes and innovations in the agricultural industry. The Agricultural Revolution did away with the old method of farming. It increased investment in technical improvements, such as new machinery; it privatized the land, provided better drainage, experimented with new crops, and introduced scientific breeding and farming techniques...
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With technological innovations rising as quickly as the population, the Industrial Revolution not only symbolizes a period of expansion and advancement, but it also reflects the dramatic changes on the economic and social structure of England. Frederic Engels’ The Conditions of the Working Class of England discusses the binary effects of the Industrial Revolution by examining the progress and setbacks of the new England. Through analyzing the rhetorical elements employed in the writing, Engels suggests that the Industrial Revolution is...
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Britain’s Domination of the Industrial RevolutionBritain was the leader of the industrial revolution in the 17th century while the rest of the modern world was struggling to catch up. The industrial revolution was made possible due to the many changes and innovations in the agricultural industry. The Agricultural Revolution did away with the old medieval communal method of farming, privatized the land, and introduced scientific breeding and farming techniques which increased the agricultural production significantly. These new processes created a...
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The world is rapidly expanding more than ever. New discoveries in technology allow us to do things like automate the production of cars, produce mass amounts of smartphones that allow us to interact with daily life, and even have cars that drive us around on its own. We have optimized workflows so much that McDonald's burgers can somehow cost $1.00, even considering the amount of work to cultivate crops, raise cows, and ship all of that to your local McDonald’s....
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The term industrial revolution is an expression many historians use to define periods of technological changes that had its footprint on society and industry. In each Industrial Revolution, there were primary developments, principle advancements, and fundamental energies, occurring in driving nations. The underneath section gives a concise survey of each Industrial Revolution. The First Industrial Revolution The First Industrial Revolution was noted between 1784-1870, it started in the United Kingdom between. It emancipated the development of machines that replaced farms...
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The Industrial Revolution is regarded as one of the most significant historical events to initiate the Romantic movement of the 18th Century. In the literary and historical sense of the word Romanticism, it serves a purpose to label certain writers and thinkers of the later 18th and early 19th Century, who, however, did not at that time used that term to define themselves or their work. The Romantics, did not adhere to the modernised industrial practises in the fields of...
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Revolutionary war refers to the seizure of political power by the use of armed forces. Not everyone would accept such a simple definition, and indeed the term has other connotations: that the seizure of power is by a popular or broad-based political movement that the seizure entails a fairly long period of armed conflict, and that power is seized in order to carry out a well-advertised political or social program. Revolutionary war is also distinguished by what it is not....
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The world began to change drastically in 1760, when the First Industrial Revolution began in Britain. Society began to rely more and more on mechanized production, followed by mass production (due to electric power) during the Second Industrial Revolution (1880-1950), and automotive production (due to new technologies and electronics) during the Third Industrial Revolution (1950’s-2000’s). Industrialized countries with capital are currently entering the Fourth Industrial Revolution, the digital revolution. According to Klaus Schwab, we will begin to see the world...
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