Go
 

Buy from LearnOutLoud:

This Title is No Longer Available.




Learn More About
Find More Titles by
This Author: Eugene Lieber
This Publisher: IAB Inc

Revolutions Series: Industrial Revolution by Eugene Lieber

Revolutions Series: Industrial Revolution

World Events Over Time Collection

by Eugene Lieber


Title Details

Author
Publisher
 
Audio Original
Running Time
43 Mins.

Description

Origins.
The 50 year period of 1780-1830. The aftereffects of the 14th century plague. The drastic transformation from the middle ages to the modern city. The concept of the private land of the manors. How the Enclosure Acts provides the labor force of peasants for the factories.

Beginnings of Modern Industrial Age

Agricultural contribution. The motivation of peasants to leave the farm and move to the city to work in factories. The rise of agricultural capitalism which provides food to feed city workers.

Capital accumulation. The motivation of wealthy land owners to risk investing in factories. The threat of industrial wealth to landed wealth in the beginning.

The cities. Location near rivers as sources of transportation, power, waste disposal, and paradoxically, drinking water.

The slum. Created as an integral part of the factory city.

Factory work. The dehumanizing daily routine and working conditions. Child labor and the fragmentation of the family.

Role of religion. Often unsympathetic message and decline in church attendance


The “Unfinished Revolution.”

Responses to conditions. Acceptance of new role, apathy, aspiring upward, all favored by owners
Resistance. Rise of unions. Socialism deterred by capitalism’s ability to reform. Role of writers in reforms.

Women’s early death. Multiple pregnancies, poor health care, and working conditions. High death rate for children.

Laissez Faire. Rule of supply and demand with minimal government intrusion. How well has it worked?

People Who Liked Revolutions Series: Industrial Revolution Also Liked These Titles: