Industrial Revolution, Karl Marx, and the Victorian Era
1. Describe the working and living conditions encountered by men, women and children during the industrial revolution.
The proletariats were an essential aspect of the industrial revolution. It is typical to assume that workers of the industrial revolution would live a reasonable lifestyle due to their significance to the revolution itself. Ironically enough, their lifestyles were not of luxury or satisfaction. During this era, three conditions suppressed and almost hovered over the lifestyles of workers of all ages: industrial workers lived in unsanitary environments, women were vulnerable to harsh labor because of reasons including the convenience of their small hands all the way down to no distinction between gender roles, and children were exposed to inhumane standards, morals, and beliefs. As stated earlier, the working class lived in what would be classified today as unacceptable and definitely unsanitary housing and surroundings. Most of the industrial workers resided in rural neighborhoods that were cramped and overcrowded with astonishingly inefficient sewage methods. Because of the crowded housing, there were multiple harmful airborne entities spreading among townspeople. To justify this statement observe Chadwick’s report, where he also says the diseases were caused by “atmospheric impurities produced by decomposing animal and vegetable substances, by damp and filth, and close and overcrowded dwellings” (Chadwick par 1). In fact, there were two major diseases that prevailed in the housing district. One of those diseases being cholera; the source of the cholera outbreak originated within contaminated water. This infection of the small intestine usually caused its victim a great deal of intestinal pain and a large amount of diarrhea. Following this further, in another primary source, one traveler mentioned in his writing that he discovered “opaque brown fluid” and “feculence rolled
The proletariats were an essential aspect of the industrial revolution. It is typical to assume that workers of the industrial revolution would live a reasonable lifestyle due to their significance to the revolution itself. Ironically enough, their lifestyles were not of luxury or satisfaction. During this era, three conditions suppressed and almost hovered over the lifestyles of workers of all ages: industrial workers lived in unsanitary environments, women were vulnerable to harsh labor because of reasons including the convenience of their small hands all the way down to no distinction between gender roles, and children were exposed to inhumane standards, morals, and beliefs. As stated earlier, the working class lived in what would be classified today as unacceptable and definitely unsanitary housing and surroundings. Most of the industrial workers resided in rural neighborhoods that were cramped and overcrowded with astonishingly inefficient sewage methods. Because of the crowded housing, there were multiple harmful airborne entities spreading among townspeople. To justify this statement observe Chadwick’s report, where he also says the diseases were caused by “atmospheric impurities produced by decomposing animal and vegetable substances, by damp and filth, and close and overcrowded dwellings” (Chadwick par 1). In fact, there were two major diseases that prevailed in the housing district. One of those diseases being cholera; the source of the cholera outbreak originated within contaminated water. This infection of the small intestine usually caused its victim a great deal of intestinal pain and a large amount of diarrhea. Following this further, in another primary source, one traveler mentioned in his writing that he discovered “opaque brown fluid” and “feculence rolled