LargeScale Industry, 1850–1950 |
LARGESCALE INDUSTRY, 1850–1950LARGESCALE INDUSTRY, 1850–1950 The term "largescale industry" refers to factories that combine at least three characteristics: use of machinery, employment of wage labor, and the application of regulatory measures such as the Factory Act or Disputes Act. These features were of recent origin in nineteenthcentury India and, to a large extent, products of ...