18881925

1888–1925 is a historical span used in some scholarly and popular writings to discuss the late 19th and early 20th centuries as a period of rapid modernization, upheaval, and cultural transformation. It is not an official named era, but a convenient label for examining long-term changes that shaped the modern world, including politics, technology, and social life.

Technological and economic development defined the interval. The latter part of the Second Industrial Revolution accelerated in areas such as electricity, chemistry, and steel, fueling urban growth, mass production, and new consumer markets. Innovations in transportation and communication—railways, automobiles, aviation, wireless radio, and expanding telephony—linked distant regions more closely than ever before. Global trade and imperial competition intensified, even as political movements and labor organizing sought greater social and economic reform.

In politics, the period encompasses major upheavals and reorganizations. The early 20th century saw rising nationalism and imperial entanglements, culminating in World War I (1914–1918). The war's aftermath produced new national borders, economic restructuring, and attempts to create a new diplomatic order, including the League of Nations. The year 1925 is often noted for milestones such as the Locarno Treaties, which aimed to stabilize European relations after the war.

Societal change accompanied economic and political shifts. Urbanization expanded and altered social structures, while movements for women's suffrage, labor rights, and civil reforms gained momentum in various regions. Modernist currents in art, literature, and film reflected and influenced changing sensibilities, urban life, and the reception of science and technology.

The 1888–1925 window thus captures a transitional era that laid much of the political geography, economies, and cultural attitudes that would define the interwar period and the broader 20th century.