Globalization and the U.S. Industrial Revolution

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This paper describes and defines the contemporary social change of globalization, particularly as it relates to the United States. Next, the paper discusses the historical background of U.S.'s industrial revolution. The paper them compares and contrasts these two social phenomena, including their impact on human and civil rights, the economy and the U.S.'s international position.

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"Globalization is a term that came into popular usage in the mid 1980's. It was used to describe the increased movement of people, knowledge and ideas, and goods and money across national borders that has led to increased interconnectedness among the world's populations, economically, politically, socially and culturally. Globalization is characterized commonly in economic terms such as the colloquially phrased "global marketplace." This process has many social and political implications as well. Social scientists often associate cultural modernization with globalization, that is, crossing borders and mixing one culture with another to create a new cultural phenomenon. At the global level, the paradigm of globalization is characterized through the quagmires it poses to the role of governments in international affairs and the global economy."

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