Developed into a society or place where manufacturing and factories are dominant economic activities, rather than farming or hand crafts.
From Latin 'industrius' meaning diligent, combined with '-ize' and '-ed.' The Industrial Revolution of the 1700s-1800s transformed how this word was used, applying it to entire societies that mechanized production.
Industrialization happened at radically different times across the globe—Britain industrialized first (1760s), Japan followed by choice (1800s), and some nations were forcibly industrialized by colonial powers, creating vastly different relationships with machines and production that still shape economies today.
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