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    The living and working conditions in Australia‚ at the start of the century depended very much on which social class a person belonged to because the society followed ‘laissez-faire’ policies‚ that is‚ the government interfered little in economic affairs and left people to look after themselves. Therefore‚ between the rich and the poor there were enormous differences in living conditions such as education‚ health and hygiene and in particular leisure. For average Australians work was very laborious

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    Question #2 pg. 25 The working conditions for women in the late 19th century were exhausting‚ unjust and unacceptable. The working conditions varied depending on the position that each woman held. The managers of these factories expected near perfection from the women in the workplace and they were heavily fined or severely punished for anything they did that the managers did not see fit such as eating‚ talking‚ or singing. The women that worked in the factories during this time period worked

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    nineteenth century‚ the U.S. went through an amazing increase in industrial growth. Many things were brought up that could help anyone‚ even the immigrants‚ to come to america to have a better life. As things settled it wasn’t as everyone wish or hoped it would be. It was not a healthy environment and things were not as stabled as they should’ve been. Some factors that had a negative effect on society includes‚ working conditions‚ child labor and unstable homes. Due to these conditions‚ many people

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    working and living conditions during the industrial revolution -Extremely bad. -In the book " The Jungle " by Upton Sinclair‚ the author detailed the appalling conditions faced by the workers of the meat-packaging industry. "There were men who worked in the cooking rooms‚ in the midst of steam and sickening odors‚ by artificial light; in these rooms the germs of tuberculosis might live for two years‚ but the supply was renewed every hour. There were the beef-luggers‚ who carried two-hundred-pound

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    How people lived in Australia around the turn of the century: * Living in 1900: * There was 3 categories in which how people lived and where they stood: * From lowest to highest it was the working class‚ the middle class and the upper class. * Working class: The lowest category and lived poorly and worked for long amounts for limited amounts of money and resources. * The middle class lay in the middle and was the group of people in society that had bigger better houses on their

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    Working today is usually quite safe. The government has made laws saying that employers have to look after the workforce and provide safety equipment and other things for them. At the start of the Industrial Revolution none of these laws existed and so working in a factory could prove to be very dangerous indeed. This section looks at some of the conditions faced by workers and offers a brief explanation of what was done to improve these conditions. Industries such as the cotton trade were particularly

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    governments accountable if they violate the rights of their people. There researchers said they interviewed meatpacking workers and examined injury reports‚ government and academic studies‚ newspaper reports and legal proceedings. They cited unsafe working conditions‚ denial of workers ’ compensation to those injured on the job‚ intimidation of those seeking to organize unions and exploitation of immigration status to ward off complaints. Two of three corporations used as case studies responded to the researchers:

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    Working For A Living Chris Stokke Williston State College Author Note This paper was prepared for College Composition II‚ taught by Professor Preus. Working For A Living What do you want to be when you grow up? The one question I have dreaded since the first time I was presented with it. The pressure of society to make outrageous amounts of money and excel with an extravagant job is tremendous. In this day and age it seems that the motto‚ “The bigger the better”‚ holds true

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    Worksheet: Living and working conditions in 19th century Bradford. This short piece of writing will be describing and explaining why and how the living and working conditions were so appalling in 19th century Bradford. A quote from the poet George Weerth in 1842 gives a graphic idea of what life was like in Bradford 19th century. He gives quite a detailed verse saying in one part that ‘you think you have been lodged with the devil incarnate’ (Bradford health-General‚ no date) this gives the impression

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    think Plantation Life in the 1800s in Hawaii was tremendously hard and miserable‚ and unfair to everyone. For example living conditions in Hawaii were bad and unsanitary. Another example could be that working conditions weren’t easy and it was a miserable job. Finally racism was also a problem of what you did and how much you get paid. My first reason would be that living conditions were bad and unsanitary. For example Two couples will share 10 foot square room that had a kitchen and a homemade stove

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