Spread of Industrialization
Why didn’t industrialization spread quicker in the rest of
Europe/World as it did in Britain and the US?
Slow Industrialization
1) Wars,
Revolutions,
unstable
govt
2) Political
Disunity
(Countries
not yet
unified)
Obstacles to
Industrialization
3) Social
Structure
(class system
or Absolute
Rule)
4) Geographic
Problems
(no resources,
Mountains,
no rivers,
isolated)
European/Asian Industrialization
Country
Obstacle to
Industrialization
Belgium
Germany
France
How they
industrialized
Revolution against
Dutch (1)
1) British engineers
sell stolen secrets
2) Use waterways, lots
of coal
Country wasn’t unified 1) Hire British
(2)
engineers
2) Coal in Ruhr Vlly
3) Build railroads to
link German cities
Wars, unstable
government (1)
Napoleon III brings
stability &
industrialization
Japan
Isolated from West (4)
Spain
Hurt by revolutions
Geography lacks
rivers/roadways(1 & 4)
Italy
country not unified (2) Begin to produce silk
Austria-Hungary
Revolutions; absolute
monarchy; Mountains
limit RR (1,3,4)
Russia
Revolutions; class
system & absolute
monarchy; isolated
from west (1,3,4)
1) Government begins
to finance textile
industry 2) Private
companies invest
Begin to produce
cotton
Revolutions actually
force A-H to
industrialize but very
slowly
Must have serfs work
in factories,
industrialize slowly