Question

Explain what is meant by proto industrialisation.

Answer 1

Answer:

Even before setting up the factories, there was large-scale industrial production for an international market. This was not based on factories. It is known as proto-industrialization. It was a part of a network of commercial exchanges. Merchants were based in towns but the t work was done mostly in the countryside

Answer 2

Proto-industrialisation is the phase of industrialisation that was not based on the factory system. Before the coming of factories, there was large-scale industrial production for international market. However, the pace of this production was not on the level as seen during the industrial revolution