First and Unique: Britain's Industrial Revolution, Part III
As a result, British industrialization had many unique contours which again set it apart from the rest of Europe. Because of the quantity of raw materials coming from the empire and because of a ready market for manufactured goods in return, early British industrialization focused mainly on textile production, ship building and other mass-produced manufactured goods. Due to the large pool of urban labor, British industrialization focused mainly on factory production, which as E.P. Thompson charts in his The Making of the English Working Class, led to the decline of artisanal production during this time period. Lastly because of the emphasis on external trade, major industrial centers were located within close proximity to the sea, in such areas such as Liverpool, London, and Glasgow, among others.
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