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Dust Bowl. 1930s. US plains suffered erosion, dust storms, due to drought, wind, poor farm practice.
Acid Rain. 1940-. Rain and fog of pH<5.5 caused by industrial air pollution. Prevalent in North America, Eastern Europe.
AFL-CIO. American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations. AFL 1886. CIO 1935. Merged, 1955. US labour union federation.
Art Nouveau. (Jugendstil). 1885-1910. Originally English style of art and architecture. Reaction to Industrial uniformity. Beardsley. Tiffany. Gaudi.
Benét, William. 1886-1950. US poet. The Dust Which is God 1941.
Blanqui, Louis. 1805-81. French militant socialist. Coined: “Dictatorship of the Proletariat”, “Industrial Revolution”, 1837. Unsuccessful uprising 1839. Commune leader. Secret societies.
Bridgewater Canal. 1761. Brindley. First British canal. Brought coal to Manchester stimulating industrialization.
Capitalism. System of private ownership of property and industry for profit. Free enterprise. Smith.
Citroën, André. 1878-1935. French Industrialist, automobile company.
Communism. Collective ownership of property and industry. Wealth shared according to need. Eventually, “dictatorship of proletariat”.
Corn Laws. 1804-15. British agricultural price support. Repeal, 1846, marks transformation from agricultural to industrial priorities and free trade.
Edison, Thomas. 1847-1931. US inventor: imp telephone 1877, phonograph 1877, lightbulb 1878, movies, cast concrete 1907. Menlo Park, first industrial research laboratory.
Engels, Friedrich. 1820-95. German socialist philosopher. Communist Manifesto 1848. Marx. Coined “Industrial Revolution” 1845. Finished Das Kapital 1894.
Flanders. Historical region of France, Belgium, Neth. 13C Cloth industry. Ghent. Bruges.
Ford, Henry. 1863-1947. US industrialist. Application of assembly line created affordable car. Model T 1908. Rivas.
Guild Socialism. 1900-20. British movement for state- owned, worker-controlled industry.
Hindustani. Hindi and Urdu languages.
Industrial Revolution. 1730-. Transformation from agricultural to urbanized manufacturing economy as a result of steam power. 1830 England, France. 1850 Germany. 1860 USA. Blanqui. Toynbee.
Industrial Workers of the World. IWW. 1905-25. Radical militant US labour union of unskilled workers.
IWW. Industrial Workers of the World. 1905-. Wobblies.
Limited Liability. 19C. Sale of limited liability stock stimulated Industrialization.
Luddites. 1811-16. Workers who destroyed machines to stop the Industrial Revolution. Led by mythical Ned Ludd.
Matsushita, Konosuke. 1894-1989. Japanese industrialist; began 5-day workweek, guaranteed lifetime employment.
Mercantilism. 16-18C. Economic policy opposed to Adam Smith’s. Regulation of industry and trade. Large armies. Wealth of nation is its gold.
Methuen Treaty. 1703-1836. Reduced duty on port wine to England, textiles to Portugal. Hindered Portuguese industrial development.