industrial capitalism
11Industrial Cape Breton — is a geographic region in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. It refers to the eastern portion of Cape Breton County fronting the Atlantic Ocean on the southeastern part of Cape Breton Island.GeographyThe area comprising Industrial Cape Breton… …
12industrial relations — 1. the dealings or relations of an industrial concern with its employees, with labor in general, with the public, etc. 2. the administration of such relations, esp. to maintain goodwill for an industrial concern. [1900 05] * * * Introduction also …
13capitalism — /kap i tl iz euhm/, n. an economic system in which investment in and ownership of the means of production, distribution, and exchange of wealth is made and maintained chiefly by private individuals or corporations, esp. as contrasted to… …
14Industrial Revolution, The — This term is used to refer to the period of rapid social, economic, demographic, and technological change which took place in Britain from the latter half of the eighteenth century to the first half of the nineteenth century. There is much debate …
15capitalism — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ advanced, contemporary, late, modern ▪ global, globalized, world ▪ a protest against global capitalism …
16Industrial history of the People's Republic of China — Main articles: Economy and economic history of the People s Republic of China. China s industrial sector has shown great progress since 1949, but in the late 1980s it remained undeveloped in many respects. Although the country manufactured… …
17Industrial Workers of the World — Infobox Union name= IWW country= International affiliation= members= 2,000/900 (2006) 100,000 (1923) full name= Industrial Workers of the World native name= founded= 1905 current= head= dissolved date= dissolved state= merged into= office=… …
18industrial democracy — An ideal in which citizenship rights in employment are held to include partial or complete participation by the workforce in the running of an industrial or commercial organization. The term, and others associated with it, is often laden with… …
19Industrial Workers of the World — an international industrial labor union, considered radical by many, that was organized in Chicago in 1905 and that disintegrated after 1920. Abbr.: I.W.W., IWW Cf. Wobbly. * * * ▪ labour organization byname Wobblies labour organization… …
20industrial — adj. Industrial is used with these nouns: ↑accident, ↑activity, ↑age, ↑application, ↑archaeology, ↑area, ↑base, ↑belt, ↑boiler, ↑building, ↑capitalism, ↑cat …
