Transcript The Growth of Industrial Prosperity
“Age of Progress” 1871-1894 New products replaced textiles, railroads, iron, coal Steel Chemicals Electricity Internal combustion engine Europeans could spend more $ on consumer products Tariffs Cartel Larger factories assembly line
Rocky economy 1871 1895 La Belle Epoque 1895 1914 GR replaced BR as industrial leader of EU
Two economic zones BR, BG, FR, NT, GR, AUS, N. IT advanced industrialized core A-H, SP, PR, RS, Balkans weak industry & economy New patterns in agriculture Spread of IR Japan Development of world economy
Women’s “right to work”? Pieceworkers and “sweating” After 1870 new white collar jobs for women Some women forced in prostitution
Many influenced by Karl Marx German Social Democratic Party (SPD) Socialist parties modeled after SPD in other countries Second International socialist organization
Eduard Bernstein evolutionary socialism/revisionism Many socialist parties remained tied to national concerns/issues Development of trade unions Some socialists driven to anarchism