A historical phase and experience. The overall change in circumstances accompanying a society's movement population and resources from farm production to manufacturing production and associated services. Source: Kemp, Thomas. 1985. Industrialization in Nineteenth-Century Europe. page xi. Contexts: history Found on http://www.econterms.com/glossary.cgi?query=industrialization
The development of modern forms of industry â€` factories, machines and large-scale production processes. Industrialization has been one of the main sets of processes influencing the social world over the past two centuries. Those societies which are industrialized have characteristics quite different from those of the less developed countries. ... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20212
A development path based on expanding a country's capacity to process raw materials and manufacture products for consumers, businesses, and export. This approach to development, first seen in northern Europe in the Industrial Revolution typically entails heavy financial investment in factories and power plants and a rapidly growing demand for energ... Found on https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20855
Process by which an increasing proportion of a country's economic activity is involved in industry. It is essential for economic development and largely responsible for the growth of cities (urbanization). It is usually associated with the modernization of developing countries, beginning with the manufacture of simple goods that can replace imp... Found on https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21221