Industrialism presupposes the regularised social organisation of production in order to coordinate human activity, machines, and the inputs and outputs of raw materials and goods. Industrialism should not be understood in too narrow a sense—as its origin in the "Industrial Revolution" tempts us to do. That phrase conjures up an imagery of coal and steam power and of large, heavy machinery clanking away in grubby workshops and factories. No less than to such situations, the notion of industrialism applies to high-technology settings where electricity is the only power source, and where electronic microcircuits are the only mechanised devices. Industrialism, moreover, affects not only the workplace but transportation, communication, and domestic life.

DEFINE: Clarifies that industrialism refers to regularized social organisation of production broadly, not just coal-and-steam imagery.

Anthony Giddens, The Consequences of Moderni…, loc. 151