Interpreting Statistics
Per Capita Levels of Industrialization | ||||||
1750 | 1800> | 1860 | 1900 | 1928 | 1938 | |
Great Britain | 10 | 16 | 64 | 100 | 122 | 157 |
United States | 4 | 9 | 21 | 69 | 182 | 167 |
Germany | 8 | 8 | 15 | 52 | 128 | 144 |
Russia | 6 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 20 | 38 |
100 = Great Britain in 1900
Questions To Think About
1. How does the rate of increase in the level of U.S. industrialization compare with that of other countries? Was it faster or slower?
2. What barriers may have impeded industrialization in the United States in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries? What factors may have encouraged rapid industrialization?
Share of World Manufacturing Output | ||||||
1750 | 1800 | 1860 | 1900 | 1928 | 1938 | |
Great Britain | 1.9 | 4.3 | 19.9 | 18.5 | 9.9 | 10.7 |
United States | 0.1 | 0.8 | 7.2 | 23.6 | 39.3 | 31.4 |
Germany | 2.9 | 3.5 | 4.9 | 13.2 | 11.6 | 12.7 |
Russia | 5.0 | 5.6 | 7.0 | 8.8 | 5.3 | 9.0 |
Questions To Think About
1. Describe the growth in America's share of world manufacturing output.
2. How does America's growth compare with that of other countries?