Industrial revolution Quote by Gordon G. Chang

“We start by going back 2,000 years. There were successful civilizations in Rome, China and later in western Europe. These leading countries expanded by…

— Edward A. Hudson

“The emergence of China is the most dramatic event in economic history. We are living in an age of convergence no less dramatic than…

— Edward Luce

The Industrial Revolution was another one of those extraordinary jumps forward in the story of civilization.

— Stephen Gardiner

“Almost every element usually regarded by historians as a major contributory cause to the industrial revolution in north-western Europe was also present in China,”…

— Nicholas Wade

“Absolutism reigned not just in much of Europe but also in Asia, and similarly prevented industrialization during the critical juncture created by the Industrial…

— Daron Acemoğlu

When you brought the Industrial Revolution in, all of a sudden India and China went from being the dominant global powers to being powers…

— Juan Enriquez

“When the Greeks were free they created a civilization advanced beyond anything else in the world. When Rome imposed its imperial rule all across…

— Rodney Stark

The civilization of the West, which was brilliant by virtue of its scientific perfection for a long time, and which subjugated the whole world…

— Hassan al-Banna

The society was so different [in China] - it was a feudalistic society. It didn't come to a point of industrial revolution until twenty…

— Ai Weiwei

China's history is marked by thousands of years of world-changing innovations: from the compass and gunpowder to acupuncture and the printing press. No one…

— Gary Locke

“Most existing nations evolved only after the Industrial Revolution.”

— Yuval Noah Harari

“It is an iron rule of history that what looks inevitable in hindsight was far from obvious at the time. Today is no different.…

— Yuval Noah Harari