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The Influence of the Industrial Revolution on the social- economic relations in Europe and the Polish territories

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  • Lis Andrzej

    (BIG FOX Sp. z o.o., ul. Świerczewskiego 2, 44-336 Jastrzębie-Zdrój, phone: +48600879230)

  • Pyć Marcin

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This article describes the social- economic changes in Europe and Poland in the XVIIIth and XIXth centuries. It presents the epoch of industrial revolution in terms of cause and effect. It indicates the most important technical discoveries and their influence on the development of industry (textile industry, extractive (coal) industry, metallurgical industry), agriculture (high- goods agriculture, mechanized). It also shows their influence on social change (urbanization, development of industrial districts, the inflow of rural population to the town, liberation peasantry, the formation of a new social class- the middle-class, factory owners, workers). The article indicate also on the geographic diversification of the industrial revolution in Great Britain, USA at the forefront. In the geographically industrial revolution are also Polish lands (Polish territory which to three different countries, an extremely of diverse economically- Germany, is a very dynamic thriving, Russia remains far behind with the news and Austria with evolvent a slow-growing economy) from developing in Upper Silesia

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  • Lis Andrzej & Pyć Marcin, 2012. "The Influence of the Industrial Revolution on the social- economic relations in Europe and the Polish territories," Journal for Perspectives of Economic Political and Social Integration, Sciendo, vol. 18(1-2), pages 93-121, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:vrs:jpepsi:v:18:y:2012:i:1-2:p:93-121:n:4
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