The Modern World, Part One: Global History from 1760 to 1910 -- Week 7 Video Lecture Summary
Video 1: The Second Industrial Revolution The period between 1890-1914 is the most dynamic period in history: politically, socially, economically. There's a giant advance in all of these. The first Industrial Revolution was characterized by the steam engine. Now new technologies include electricity, the combustion engine, petroleum as fuel, cars, chemistry, and chemical products. Everything is accelerating more quickly than ever before: a situation causes a problem which leads to a technological solution and so on. We have machines that make machines. In addition, more raw materials than ever have to be sourced and imported. Chemistry evolves and the field of physics emerges. There are lots of advances in medicines: aspirin for instance. German universities were considered the best in the world and many medicinal advances are invented. Breakfast cereals emerge. Coca-cola breaks as a consumer product. It is sold for the first time in thousands of locations. This means the productio...