New Cambridge Modern History Volume 11: Material Progress and World-Wide Problems: 1870-1898: Material Progress and World-Wide Problems: 1870-1898

Author: F.H. Hinsley
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Publication Date: 1999-01-01
Features: If one were to ask what the major developments of the last three decades of the 19th century were, one cannot help but recall the power of continuity in human affairs and the rarity of sudden changes. During this era, significant progress was made in the following areas: material power and wealth; industrialism and urbanization; technology and scientific knowledge; transportation, communication, and trade; population and migration; centralized government; democracy; literacy and writing skills and education; public opinion and newspapers, among others—all of these developments culminated in the generation that ended in 1870.