Периодизации исторического процесса и выделение раннего нового времени как самостоятельного периода

Вестник КИГИТ. 2012. № 6. С. 27–38.

Grinin L. E.

The periodization of historical process determines a definite scale and scope to compare societies and identify their development level in a certain period. Such a periodization can be based on the most significant technological changes – productive revolutions (agrarian, industrial, informational-scientific). Industrial revolution can be divided into two stages: the beginning of the first one is dated to the 15–16th centuries (the early industrial revolution), the start of the second stage – to 1730–60s (the industrial breakthrough). Thus, the early Modern period (the late 15th – the late 18th centuries) is the time when both stages of the industrial revolution took place, i.e. this period can be considered to obtain an inner wholeness and structure in terms of the theory of periodization of historical process.

Keywords: исторический процесс, historical process, промышленная революция, periodization, периодизация, industrial revolution, производственные революции, Production revolutions, stages of the industrial revolution, mechanization, этапы промышленной революции, механизация