The industrial revolution brought about significantly social changes in Britain. It is obvious that a class of industrialists‚ ship owners‚ merchants accumulated great weath. However‚ many researchers devoted their time in investigating the effects to ordinary people. According to a post of Nardinelli (n.d)‚ there was an argument on the time when living condition were improved. “The pessimists claim no marked improvement in standards of living until the 1840s or 1850s. Most optimists‚ by contrast
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children. This practice is illegal in many countries. In rich countries it is considered as a human rights violation. Child labor goes back a long way in time. During the Victorian era‚ many young children were made to work in factories and mines and as chimney sweeps. Child labor played an important role in the Industrial Revolution. Charles Dickens worked at the age of 12 in the Blacking Factory‚ while his family was in debtor’s prison. In those days‚ children as young as four were employed
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The Industrial Revolution was a time of change‚ the birth of the factory system. Overall‚ it was a shift from handmade products to products made by powered‚ special-purpose machines in factories and assembly lines. The main idea was to produce more products in the same amount of time. The Industrial Revolution caused an improvement in living standards for the middle and upper class‚ but caused grim employment and living conditions for the poor and working class (Industrial Revolution). Normally
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Another issue that emerged during the industrial Revolution was the high levels of child labour. Children as young as 5 years of age worked in the factories and mines of the times (Oxford University. 2013. 66(2)). Workdays of 13 to 14 hours where common in children ages 7 and up (Hutchins‚ Hariison‚ 1911:25). These long hours were accompanied by poor working and living conditions. Up to 80 children stayed in one room and this lead to health problems as it made it possible for ilnesses and fevers
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and merchants. People were divided from landowning elite to the peasants. Now in the great year of 1830‚ people are now industrial capitalist‚ inventors‚ laborers‚ shopkeepers‚ and factory clerks. Before‚ to be in an upper class it was based on birth‚ now it is based on education‚ so anybody can be in the upper class. We‚ as Englishmen‚ had a head start on the industrial revolution‚ our cotton industry is booming‚ we have railroads invented for fast transportation‚ and the steam engine puts a demand
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During the Industrial Revolution‚ many children regardless of age were used for their labor. “Although children had been servants and apprentices throughout most of human history‚ child labor reached new extremes during the Industrial Revolution” . This worsened as more groups began to migrate to America. Children faced unfair and unhealthy working conditions‚ often having to neglect their education to make money with their families and being paid less than adults. With the turn of the 20th century
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Industrial Revolution Vashishth Agaja Grade 9-A The Industrial revolution was a time of drastic change and transformation from hand tools‚ and hand made items to machine manufactured and mass produced goods. This change generally helped life‚ but also obstructed it as well. Pollution‚ such as CO2 levels in the atmosphere rose‚ working conditions declined‚ and the number of women and children working increased. The government‚ the arts‚ literature‚ music and architecture and man’s way of looking
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History has proven that technological advancements play a significant role in the development of society‚ but at what cost? The efforts of 19th century laborers to combat the effects of the Industrial Revolution were well intentioned‚ but they failed miserably. As a result‚ production became cheaper and faster‚ and arduous manual labor began to slip from the forefront of American and international blue-collared standards. Workers did not have a positive outlook on the loss of jobs. However wrong
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The Industrial revolution was a time of drastic change and transformation from hand tools‚ and hand made items to machine manufactured and mass produced goods. This change helped life‚ but also hindered it as well. Pollution‚ such as CO2 levels in the atmosphere‚ rose‚ working conditions declined‚ and the number of women and children working increased. The government‚ the arts‚ literature‚ music and architecture and man’s way of looking at life all changed during the period. Two revolutions took
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The Industrial Revolution‚ 1760-1850 The Industrial Revolution transformed human life by changing methods of manufacturing‚ the way people made a living‚ and the products available to them. The Nature of the Industrial Revolution The Industrial Revolution took place in England in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. It was made up of four sets of changes: first‚ the introduction of new technology; second‚ the use of new mineral sources of energy; third‚ a concentration of workers in factories;
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