Mass Industrialization

Definition

Mass industrialization is the large-scale transition from an agrarian, handicraft economy to one dominated by industry and machine manufacturing.

Analogy

Think of mass industrialization as upgrading from a small home kitchen where you bake cookies for your family to a large factory that produces thousands of cookies per hour. The process involves using machines and technology to increase production significantly.

Related terms

Factory System: A method of manufacturing using machinery and division of labor, first adopted in Britain at the beginning of the Industrial Revolution in the late 18th century.

Urbanization: The process by which towns and cities are formed and become larger as more people begin living and working in central areas.

Luddites: 19th-century English textile workers who protested against newly developed labour-economizing technologies, primarily between 1811 and 1816.