Industrial Revolution

A factory floor in Meiji era Japan, the first asian country to industrialize

The Industrial Revolution was a period during the late 18th and 19th century during which society was changed by largescale urbanization and the rise of factory-based, mechanized manufacturing, as well as radically affecting people's way of living. The Industrial Revolution started in Great Britain with the textile and ceramic industries. From there, industrialization spread into the United States, France, Germany, Japan, Italy and the Russian Empire over the remainder of the 19th century.