World History › Section T · Industry and empire › Topic T.1
The Second Industrial Revolution
From about 1870, steel, electricity, chemicals and oil remade industry again, and the lead passed from Britain to the United States and Germany. This topic asks what was new, where industry spread, and why most of the world did not industrialise.
In this topic
- A second wave of industry
- Cheap steel
- Electric power and light
- Chemicals, oil and engines
- A shrinking world
- Worked example: why Germany and the US overtook Britain
- New industrial frontiers
- Japan's state-led industrialisation
- The Great Divergence debate
- Worked example: China and Japan compared
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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