ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses that the system of production that characterizes industrialization is made up of three parts: a nucleus of mechanical production; an attached network of procurement and of distribution; and an attendant service structure. The nucleus is the central and distinctive part of an industrialized economy. An understanding of the central features of the system of production opens the door to an analysis of industrialization as an agent of social change. The perspective of industrialization as a process of internal technological development has minimal application to the study of industrialization of so-called underdeveloped regions. By virtue of attracting people to the jobs and positions, the introduction of manufacturing initiates spatial rearrangements of people and this contributes to a new ecological framework in a society. The income received by the personnel of industry is a potent factor in social change.
