Foundations of Western Civilization II: A History of the Modern Western World

Beginnings of Industrialization: 1760-1850 (1x22)

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While several factors make Europe the logical place for industrialization to begin, it is Britain's advantages—financial, political, and social—that makes it the best-suited country to exploit those conditions. The result is a host of brilliant inventors, financiers, and managers who bring about the first Industrial Revolution.