tart, but they also learned from the British example. In their case, successful industrialization involved not only the development of new methods of production, but also the modification of techniques used abroad in order to apply them successfully to the country's own conditions. Although government intervention to promote industrialization was far from negligible in the British case, the role of government has been considerable in Germany, Russia, Japan, and nearly all the nations that have been industrialized in the 20th century. By definition successful industrialization leads to a rise of national income per capita. It also leads to changes in the distribution of income, in living and working conditions, and in social conduct and convention. The Industrial Revolution in Great Britain and elsewhere led initially to a fall in workers' purchasing power or to a deterioration in their living conditions. Industrialization has also affected the environment by an increase in pollution and by the dumping of waste. This has in turn put industrialization under much scrutiny from the "hippies and tree huggers". A prime example of industrialization's bad effects is Newark NJ....
