Second Industrial Revolution
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The Second Industrial Revolution was a late 19th- to early 20th-century wave of rapid industrialization marked by advances in steel production, electricity, chemicals, and mass production techniques that transformed economies and societies worldwide.
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| instanceOf |
historical period
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industrial revolution → |
| alsoKnownAs |
Technological Revolution
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| endTime |
early 20th century
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| fieldOfWork |
economic history
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history of technology → industrialization → |
| follows |
First Industrial Revolution
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| hasCause |
advances in scientific knowledge
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availability of capital → expansion of railway networks → growing global markets → state support for industry → |
| hasEffect |
accelerated urban growth
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changes in gender roles → environmental degradation → global shift in industrial power toward the United States and Germany → growth of middle class → increased standard of living for many → new forms of labor exploitation → rise of industrial working class → widening social inequalities → |
| hasKeyFeature |
development of modern communication networks
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development of modern transportation networks → expansion of global trade → growth of corporations → growth of wage labor → horizontal integration → increased productivity → intensified competition among industrial powers → labor migration → large-scale factory production → new forms of imperialism → professionalization of engineering → rapid industrialization → rise of big business → rise of consumer culture → rise of labor unions → scientific research in industry → urbanization → vertical integration → |
| hasKeyIndustry |
automobile industry
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chemical industry → electrical industry → machine tool industry → petroleum industry → steel industry → |
| hasKeyTechnology |
Bessemer process
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artificial fertilizers → assembly line → electric lighting → electric power generation → electric streetcars → internal combustion engine → mass production techniques → modern shipbuilding (steel hulls) → open-hearth process → radio (wireless telegraphy) → refrigeration technology → scientific management → skyscrapers → standardized interchangeable parts → steel-framed construction → subways → synthetic dyes → telegraph expansion → telephone → turbine technology → |
| influenced |
World War I industrial warfare
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environmental pollution patterns → global economic integration → labor legislation → mass media development → modern capitalist economies → modern transportation systems → modern urban life → social reform movements → |
| mainRegion |
Germany
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Japan → United Kingdom → United States → Western Europe → |
| partOf |
Industrial Revolution
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| precededBy |
First Industrial Revolution
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| startTime |
late 19th century
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Referenced by (6)
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Second Industrial Revolution
("Technological Revolution")
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Industrial Revolution
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followedBy |
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scientific management
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historicalContext |
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Niagara Falls AC power project
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historicalPeriod |
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Belle Époque
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influencedBy |
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Victorian era
("Industrial Revolution (later phase)")
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significantEvent |