industrial society
Manufacturing-based social order
An industrial society is one whose economy centers on manufacturing and mechanized production rather than agriculture or crafts.
The term typically describes Western nations from the 19th century onward, characterized by factories, urbanization, wage labor, and technological innovation.
Sociologists contrast industrial societies with agrarian, pre-industrial, or post-industrial ones: The shift to an industrial society transformed family structures and work patterns.
Of a prim era
- Gilded AgeLate 1800s American prosperity
- steam powerEnergy from heated water
- coalCombustible sedimentary rock
- ironElement twenty-six
railroads · factories · labor unions · mass production · assembly line · telegraph · child labor · factory towns
Self-operating system design
- roboticsAutomaton design field
- mechanizationConverting to machine operation
- steam engineThermal vapor motor
- electricityEnergy from charged particles
combustion engine · telegraph · telephone · computing · digitalization · artificial intelligence · biotechnology · nuclear power
Progress toward maturity
- advancementForward movement or promotion
- growthIncrease in size
- transformationThorough change in form
- expansionIncrease in scope
progress · mechanization · standardization · electrification · infrastructure · technological change · specialization · efficiency
Industrial production facility
- assembly lineSequential workstation manufacturing
- mass productionLarge-scale standardized fabrication
- machineryCollective mechanical equipment
- millGrain-crushing facility
plant · foundry · workshop · conveyor belt · metalworking · textiles · forge · fabrication
Private profit-based economy
- free marketCommerce without state intervention
- tradeExchange of commodities
- commoditiesTradeable raw materials
- laborStrenuous effort; also childbirth
employment · production · supply · demand · monopoly · oligopoly · consumerism · wage labor
Large important city
- cityLarge populated area
- infrastructureBasic physical systems
- tenementMulti-unit urban dwelling
- factory townSettlement built around industry
slum · commute · sprawl · pollution · congestion · migration · population density · housing
Victorian
Of a prim era
- Gilded AgeLate 1800s American prosperity
- steam powerEnergy from heated water
- coalCombustible sedimentary rock
iron · railroads · factories · labor unions · mass production · assembly line · telegraph · child labor · factory towns · smokestacks
automation
Self-operating system design
- roboticsAutomaton design field
- mechanizationConverting to machine operation
- steam engineThermal vapor motor
electricity · combustion engine · telegraph · telephone · computing · digitalization · artificial intelligence · biotechnology · nuclear power · petrochemicals
development
Progress toward maturity
- advancementForward movement or promotion
- growthIncrease in size
- transformationThorough change in form
expansion · progress · mechanization · standardization · electrification · infrastructure · technological change · specialization · efficiency · rationalization
factory
Industrial production facility
- assembly lineSequential workstation manufacturing
- mass productionLarge-scale standardized fabrication
- machineryCollective mechanical equipment
mill · plant · foundry · workshop · conveyor belt · metalworking · textiles · forge · fabrication · automation
capitalism
Private profit-based economy
- free marketCommerce without state intervention
- tradeExchange of commodities
- commoditiesTradeable raw materials
labor · employment · production · supply · demand · monopoly · oligopoly · consumerism · wage labor · division of labor
metropolis
Large important city
- cityLarge populated area
- infrastructureBasic physical systems
- tenementMulti-unit urban dwelling
factory town · slum · commute · sprawl · pollution · congestion · migration · population density · housing · sanitation
- societiescivilization, nation, tribe, clubs, hunter-gatherer
- Saint-Simonianismsecular religion
- business entitiescorporation, LLC, sole proprietorship, partnership, company
- French RealismBalzac, Flaubert, Zola, Gustave Flaubert, Emile Zola
- positivismpositivism
industrial societyagrarian society
Culture organized around farming
agricultural society · feudal society · subsistence economy · cottage industry · rural society
industrial societyinformation society
Civilization organized around data
digital society · knowledge economy · Stone Age · service economy · medieval society
industrial societytribal society
Kinship-based communal organization
rural society · agrarian community · communal society · village life · wilderness living
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