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What is the Industrial Rev!?
The Industrial Revolution was the transition to new manufacturing processes in the period from about 1760 to sometime between 1820 and 1840.
Between 1760 and 1860, technological progress, and an increasing capital stock transformed England into the workshop of the world. The industrial revolution, as the transformation came to be known, caused a sustained rise in real income per person in England and, as its effects spread, in the rest of the Western world.
HISTORIANS AGREE THAT THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION WAS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS IN HISTORY, MARKING THE RAPID TRANSITION TO THE MODERN AGE, BUT THEY DISAGREE VEHEMENTLY ABOUT MANY ASPECTS OF THE EVENT. OF ALL THE DISAGREEMENTS, THE OLDEST ONE IS OVER HOW THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION AFFECTED ORDINARY PEOPLE, OFTEN CALLED THE WORKING CLASSES. ONE GROUP, THE PESSIMISTS, ARGUES THAT THE LIVING STANDARDS OF ORDINARY PEOPLE FELL, WHILE ANOTHER GROUP, THE OPTIMISTS, BELIEVES THAT LIVING STANDA
Many factory owners started giving special attention to health, appearance, education, clothing, and diet of their children. Children in most of the towns lived a cheerful and happy life. Not even a single case of corporal chastisement insisted on child was reported in factories of Manchester and the surrounding towns. Industrial revolution improvised the condition of many towns; for example, in the town of Hyde, the living standards of its inhabitants experienced drastic changes. Houses, food, and clothes were now available at lower prices, and cleanliness and comfort increased. The chart about British Iron Production showed that the iron production increased from 17350 tons in 1740 to 9,000,000 tons in 1900. This hike in production was primarily attributed to the increase in trade. This increase was mainly because of cheaper production and high employment rate. New inventions like the locomotive, steam engine, cotton gin, and many more, were all revolutionary products. Thus, jobs, trade, transportation, communication, luxuries, and facilities raised as a result of industrialization.
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The standard-of-living debate today is not about whether the industrial revolution made people better off, but about when.The pessimists claim no marked improvement in standards of living until the 1840s or 1850s. Most optimists, by contras, believe that living standards were rising by the 1810s or 1820s, or even earlier.
Also Great Britain had the factors of production needed for industrialization, including natural resources, rivers and harbors, experienced entrepreneurs, rising population, political stability, increasing world trade, and economic prosperity and progress. But even as others in Europe industrialized and drastically changed their environment, France remained highly reliant upon an agricultural economy, not wanting to deal with the social and economic issues that accompanied industrialization.
The negative impacts of the industrial revolution were poor working conditions, long working hours, lack of proper food, and death and illnesses from working in factories. Workers complained that they had to work for a long duration because of which they were not able to have proper food, sufficient rest, and education. An interaction with a worker of a factory highlighted that working in factory resulted in severe illness for many; damaged lungs, malfunctioning of leg muscles, and respiratory diseases were common. The causes were dust in the factory, overwork, and lack of proper diet. In the factory, shafts were not covered which resulted in many major injuries and even it led to death incidents. Some workers got cut by the uncovered shaft machines and injured, while fe…
