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1、UK’sindustrialrevolution张明敏应用英语学院2013级2班130440213Partone：introductionofUK’sindustrialrevolutionMorethanonehundredyears,historianscarriedonthethoroughresearchtotheindustrialrevolutionandeconomics,butwhatexactlyisanindustrialrevolutionoftentellpeople.Scholarsdisagreeontheexistenceoftheindustr
2、ialrevolutioninthehistory,evenadmitthattheindustrialrevolutionisabigeconomicreforms,alsoconductedagradualtheoryandmutationtheory.Mantoux,makeathoroughinquiryoftheoriginalconceptoftheindustryrevolution.HepointsoutthatMarxreferredtointhe"industrialrevolution"inDasKapital.Andthen,"industrialre
3、volution"in1850,havebeenusedbyAndreMalraux.Evenin1845,ithasbeenusedinthe British Working ClassofEngels.Andhere,thedefinitionofitisthattheindustrialrevolutionisaperiodfromthe18thtothe19thcenturywheremajorchangesinagriculture,manufacturing,mining,transport,andtechnologyhadatremendouseffectont
4、hesocialeconomicandculturalconditionsstartingintheGreatBritain,thensubsequentlyspreadingthroughoutEurope,NorthAmerica,andeventuallytheworld.Parttwo:TheinfluenceofUK’sindustrialrevolutionTheUK’sRevolutionbroughtaboutdramaticchangesinnearlyeveryaspectofBritishsociety,includingeconomy,politics
5、,socialstructuresandinstitutions.First,TheIndustrialRevolutionhadmadeGreatBritainthewealthiestcountryintheworld.ItsIndustrialproductivityincreaseddramatically.Thus,GreatBritainbecamethemostadvancedindustrialcountryandalsothefinancialcenterintheworld.AsBritain’sincomingfinancesgrewandincreas
6、ed,citizenswereabletomoveuptherungsofthesocialclassladderinBritishsociety,thusimprovingtheirfinancialandeducationalstatuses.Alongsidenewinventionscameexcitingdiscoveriesinmedicine,providingforbettertreatmentsofdiseasesandthuspromotingtheoverallhealthofBritishsociety.Meanwhile,inBritain,road
7、smadeoflonger-lastingsurfacesandcanalsconnectedallpartsofthenation.Aminingengineer,GeorgeStephenson,developedthefirststeam-poweredlocomotive,openingthewayforthebuildingofrailroads.Railroadsandsteam-poweredshipsimprovedtransportationaroundtheworld.In1837,
