UK Economic and Industrial Geography

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Course Outline

  1. Industrial Revolution Foundations
  2. Early Industrial Regions and Cities
  3. Population Growth and Urbanisation
  4. Second Industrial Revolution
  5. New Industries and Communications
  6. Urban Society and Living Conditions
  7. Interwar Economic Change
  8. War, Welfare and Nationalisation
  9. Slowdown and Deindustrialisation
  10. Thatcherism and Economic Restructuring
  11. Services and Financial Deregulation
  12. The Contemporary UK Economy
  13. Regional Inequality and Wellbeing

1. Industrial Revolution Foundations

Key Concepts & Definitions

  • Industrialisation: The transition from an agrarian and handicraft economy to one dominated by industry and machine manufacturing.

  • The first phase of the Industrial Revolution lasted from 1760 to 1840, and the second lasted from 1840 to 1914.

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1. The two phases of the Industrial Revolution are dated as follows:

2. Regarding the beginnings of industrialisation:

3. Which regional pattern best describes early British textile production?

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What economic transition defines industrialisation?

The transition from an agrarian and handicraft economy to one dominated by industry and machine manufacturing.

When did the first phase of the Industrial Revolution last?

From 1760 to 1840.

When did the second phase of the Industrial Revolution last?

From 1840 to 1914.

Which country industrialised first?

Britain.

When did Britain begin industrialising?

In the second half of the 18th century.

Where was cotton production concentrated in early industrial Britain?

Manchester and Glasgow.

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