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Innovation Revolutions
First Innovation Revolution:
The Industrial Revolution - 1771
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Knowledge in the Service of Production
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TREVOR BUTTERWORTH | The Wall Street Journal
The Industrial Enlightenment put knowledge in the service of production, changing the course of history.
Why did Britain have an industrial revolution first?
Mr. Mokyr's answer is that in Britain ideas interacted vigorously with business interests in "a positive feedback loop that created the greatest sea change in economic history since the advent of culture."
Industrial Revolution Created Jobs
Documentary Channel 13 | YouTube | BBC-TWO
Jeremy Black|BBC TWO
In the 18th century there was a commitment to new ideas, new devises, new machines, new processes.
This commitment unlocked the resources of society and took Britain into a new world of activity and energy. And the accent of political liberalism and enlightened thinking meant change was more likely to happen in Britain than elsewhere.
First Innovation Revolution:
The Industrial Revolution - 1771
New technologies / redefined industries
Mechanized the cotton industry
Wrought Iron
Machinery
New / redefined infrastructures
Canals and waterways
Turnpike Roads
Water Power
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