Industrialization in Britain from the eighteenth century onwards was the revolutionary growth, which brought significant changes in Britain; it was as W.W. Rostow deems a “decisive transition” . The impact on economics, to some extent, was an essential experience of the revolution due to economic expansion in industrial and agricultural growth brought by technological innovations. However, as Mokyr argues: “by focusing on economics we isolate only a part, though a central part, of the modernization of Britain.” Consequently, the change of social institutions, the rise of urbanisation and the role of female and child labour were also an essential phenomenon of the industrial revolution.
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This appears to be supported by Mathias as he writes “population growth, in its turn, served to influence the course of economic change.” In addition, with the rise of population citizens residing in rural areas moved to urban centres for waged labour, which saw the growth of urban factories. For example, “whereas in 1782 there had been only two cotton mills in and about Manchester, in 1802 the number had reached fifty-two; and by 1811 four-fifths of the cotton goods produced in Lancashire were made of mule yarn, most of it spun in the towns” This shift stimulated an advance in productivity, and provides that population increase and the rise of urbanisation was essential factors in driving Britain’s economy. Therefore, in order to understand industrialisation these factors must be …show more content…
While the middle class was composed of occupants like businessman who enjoyed the benefits of wealth from the revolution, the working class were the poorest and the revolution “brought the chance of security for bad times,” mainly as they earned money by working in the harsh conditions of factories. Ashton argues: “many of the social discomforts that have been attributed to the industrial revolution in Britain were, in fact, the result of forces which (for all we know) would still have operated if manufacture had remained undeveloped and there had been no change of economic form.” This suggests that the social phenomena is just as essential in understanding Britain’s revolution and, to some extent, appears to suggest that even if Britain’s economy did not thrive these factors would have occurred anyways and is therefore important in understanding industrial
As the economical phenomenon, during the revolution, …show more content…
This appears to be supported by Mathias as he writes “population growth, in its turn, served to influence the course of economic change.” In addition, with the rise of population citizens residing in rural areas moved to urban centres for waged labour, which saw the growth of urban factories. For example, “whereas in 1782 there had been only two cotton mills in and about Manchester, in 1802 the number had reached fifty-two; and by 1811 four-fifths of the cotton goods produced in Lancashire were made of mule yarn, most of it spun in the towns” This shift stimulated an advance in productivity, and provides that population increase and the rise of urbanisation was essential factors in driving Britain’s economy. Therefore, in order to understand industrialisation these factors must be …show more content…
While the middle class was composed of occupants like businessman who enjoyed the benefits of wealth from the revolution, the working class were the poorest and the revolution “brought the chance of security for bad times,” mainly as they earned money by working in the harsh conditions of factories. Ashton argues: “many of the social discomforts that have been attributed to the industrial revolution in Britain were, in fact, the result of forces which (for all we know) would still have operated if manufacture had remained undeveloped and there had been no change of economic form.” This suggests that the social phenomena is just as essential in understanding Britain’s revolution and, to some extent, appears to suggest that even if Britain’s economy did not thrive these factors would have occurred anyways and is therefore important in understanding industrial