An industrial society is a society with completed processes of creating a large, developed industry as a leading sector of the economy. It replaces the agrarian society, where relations related to the system of land tenure and land use are decisive.
The main features of an industrial society
The formation of industrial society led to profound changes in the political and economic life of the people of the late Middle Ages. Industrial society began to take shape at the beginning of the 19th century. A peculiar redistribution of labor occurred: the employment of the population fell in the agricultural sector from 80% to 12%. At the same time, the share of workers in the industrial sector increased to 85% and a substantial increase in the urban population was formed.
Such a society is characterized by the emergence of mass production, the automation and mechanization of labor, the steady development of markets for goods and services. Knowledge, innovations are accumulating, civil society is being formed, the standard of living of the people is rising, culture, education, and science are developing. The result of the educational revolution is universal literacy and the formation of an education system.
