Industrial Revolution

Type: Concept

As of November 2026, Industrial Revolution has been mentioned in one podcast episode on The Rest Is History (Dec 2025). Mentioned in relation to the social and economic conditions of the Victorian era.

The Industrial Revolution, sometimes called the First Industrial Revolution in contrast to the subsequent Second Industrial Revolution, was a transitional period of the global economy toward more widespread, efficient and stable manufacturing processes, succeeding the Second Agricultural Revolution. Beginning in Great Britain around 1760, the Industrial Revolution had spread to continental Europe and the United States by about 1840. Economic historians agree that the onset of the Industrial Revo