The Revolution of Vapors in Maritime Navigation

Abstract

The present article intends to demonstrate how the transoceanic maritime transport was revolutionized during the second cycle of industrialization in the context of the rise of monopoly capitalism. In this text, we intend to discuss the existence of the Second Industrial Revolution. Working with criticisms of the interpretations that affirm it, we will link the really existing process to the exploration of new technical-scientific potential by imperialism. The main objective of this work is to demonstrate the great transformations (qualitative and quantitative) in the transoceanic navigation with the introduction of another material and technical base, as well as new technologies; however, we will try to correlate these changes with a new economic-social paradigm marked by the globalization of capitalism.