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Industrial Revolution

2. INTRODUCTION
During the second half of the 17th century, there were a drastic breakthrough in mainly Great Britain's, but gradually the rest of the worlds development, that would lead to radical changes in peoples lives, working relations and environment.
Industrial revolution was so fundamental that it's often compared with the transition from farming to stock raising, which began several thousand years before the birth of Christ. Considering the uses of natural resources, can human history be dived up into three pieces of varying length; hundreds of thousands years before "the agricultural revolution", thousands of years between this and the Industrial revolution and the two hundreds years after the beginning of Industrial revolution.
Before Industrial revolution, man did the most work in society. During 17th century people started to invent machines. Accompanied by changes in agriculture, science and the treatment of people, the Industrial revolution shaped a new kind of life.
2.1 Limitations
I, sometimes have difficulties to draw limits. When it comes to such big and wide subject as the Industrial revolution, it is of course very difficult to write and understand it all. It is also difficult to decide what is important enough to bring in the essay and what you should omit.
Therefor I decided to write a rather comprehensive job. I haven't focused on any particular part, but written what, when, how and why the Industrial revolution is /occurred.

2.2 Aims
I want this essay to contain as much information as possible of the Industrial revolution or "Second wave" as it is also called, on the few pages that I will write.

3. REVIEW OF SOURCES
I have only written this essay based on written material. I have used a lot of information from the Internet, but also from a very good book called "The Industrial Revolution in World History" written by a professor called Peter N. Stearns.
If I decided to write a part from one book, or from an Internet site,...