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The course of the English industrialization was too long drawn to be considered a revolution. Comment.

  • UPSC 2024
  • Industrialization

Whether the term "Industrial Revolution" is a misnomer for a process that historians date roughly from 1740 to 1850 in Britain turns on whether "revolution" is defined by speed or by the scale and irreversibility of change.

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  • The Gradualist Case: A Century-Long Transition
  • The Case for "Revolution": Compression and Irreversibility
  • Reconciling the Two: Revolutionary Onset, Evolutionary Maturation
  • What the "Too Long Drawn" Critique Gets Right — and Misses

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