18751926

18751926 is a shorthand label used in some historical writing to denote the period spanning roughly 1875 to 1926. It covers late industrial expansion, the turn of the 20th century, World War I, and the immediate postwar era. It is not a formal era, but a way to group contemporaneous developments in economics, politics, and culture that shaped the modern world.

During this span, industrialization intensified in many regions, accelerating urbanization and the global economy. Innovations in electricity, transportation, communications, and medicine transformed daily life and production. Scientific and cultural movements, such as modernism in art and early advances in physics and psychology, accompanied social changes including shifts in labor organization and urban demographics.

Polically and militarily, the period saw empires contend for influence, rising nationalism, and the outbreak of World War I (1914–1918). The war ended with redrawn borders and the emergence of new states; the Russian Revolution (1917) reshaped political ideology. The early 1920s were marked by economic upheaval and inflation in some regions, brief democratic expansions in others, and the spread of new ideologies such as communism, fascism, and liberal reform movements, setting the stage for later decades. 1926 saw continued labor unrest in parts of Europe and the Americas.

Legacy: the era laid foundations for modern international cooperation (League of Nations), global governance debates, and enduring questions about economic stability, social rights, and national identity.