1. Globalization and the Industrial Revolution
... labor for low wages. Urbanization is another globalization pattern that resulted from the Industrial Revolution. Urbanization is the regional migration from rural areas to cities. During the Industrial Revolution people and families migrated from the countryside to urban centers in search of work. In 1800 about one-fifth of the British population lived in towns and cities of 10,000 or more ... inhabitants, yet by 1900 three-fourths of the population worked and lived in cities. The increasing size of cities reflects the internal migration. The same comparison can be made on a global persp...
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