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The Age of Industrialisation
'In the twentieth century, handloom cloth production expanded steadily'. Explain.
In the twentieth century, handloom cloth production expanded steadily: almost trebling between 1900 and 1940.
(i)This was partly because of technological changes.
(ii)Handicrafts people had adopted new technology that helped them to improve production without excessively pushing up costs.
(iii)In second decade of the twentieth century weavers used looms with a fly shuttle.This increased productivity per worker, speeded up production and reduced labour demand.
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Imagine that you have been asked to write an article for an encyclopaedia on Britain and the history of cotton. Write your piece using information from the entire chapter.
Why did industrial production in India increase during the First World War?
Select any one industry in your region and find out its history. How has the technology changed? Where do the workers come from? How are the products advertised and marketed? Try and talk to the employers and some workers to get their views about the industry's history.
Which was the first modern industrial nation of the world?
Industrial Revolution referred to
Why could not the merchants expand production within towns in Britain?
The early phase of industrialisation, in which large scale production was carried out for industrial market, not at factories but in decentralised production unit, was referred to as:
By the beginning of nineteenth century, Indian textile exports:
Guilds were associations of
How many workers were employed by each merchant at each stage of cloth production in England before the Industrial Revolution?
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