What are some examples of industrial societies?
Industrial societies came into existence because of the Industrial Revolution (about 1750). Some time before 1800, England became the first industrial society. Previously, the most advanced societies were agricultural. The difference between the two is this: when more than 50 percent of the workforce is employed in manufacturing, a society has made the transition to an industrial society. Close behind England were Holland and Germany. The United States lagged behind at first because of the plantation system with its labor intensive agricultural work. However, once the U.S. started to industrialized, it was able to do so faster than European countries because it did not have the long traditions to cast aside. By 1960, the U.S. began to see a decline in both agricultural workers and industrial workers. The new employer was the service industry (banks, financial institutions, medical professions, prison guards, etc.). The next U.S. Census (to be taken April 1, 2010, will show that close t
