Exam Review

What set of features and technology characterize the different industrial revolutions?

First industrial revolution: Late 18th century

-printing press, steam engine, machinery.

-workplace type: workshop

-organization: master/ apprentice. serf.

Second Industrial Revolution: Late 19th century.

-electricity, internal combustion, telegraph, telephone

-workplace: factory

-organization: vertical hierarchy. 

Third Industrial Revolution: Mid to late 20th century.

-transistor, personal computer, telecommunication, internet

-workplace: office

-organization: horizontal networks.