... that Industrialisation was a slower process, and gradual development and therefore not really a revolution. Whatever side one chooses to support it is clear that there were many socio-economic and industrial changes as a result of Industrialisation. For example there were changes in class, gender, population, the economy, trade, technology and transport. This essay will attempt to come to a conclusion as to whether or not it makes sense for one to use the term revolution when describing the socio-economic and industrial changes brought about by British industrialisation through analysis of arguments for and against. One may refer to the socio-economic and industrial changes of Industrialisation as a Revolution due to the fact that Britain, arguably, saw a major transformation from a pre-industrial to an industrial economy and society. As Deane argues, 'Within the following century a revolution took place in the social and economic life of Britain which transformed the physical ...

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