The Industrial Revolution was a time of significant change. Whether that change proved to be harmful or beneficial at the time, that is hard to tell. The effects of the Revolution on the country were both innovative and damaging. This time in European history is very complex, but it is possible for some conclusions to be drawn. During the Industrial Revolution, there was a strengthened divide between classes of society, terrible health among citizens, and poor working conditions in factories.
Societal classes had existed in Europe long before the Industrial Revolution. However, these classes began to function differently with the growth of industry. In Document 4, Edward Goodall’s Cottonopolis, we see an almost complete industrial takeover of the natural world. The way this piece helps reflect societal issues at this time is the family located on the left of the painting. They are lower class, as indicated by their wardrobe. The complete takeover of modern industry has taken away their lifestyle. This reflects the victimization of the lower class at the hands of the higher …show more content…
Edwin Chadwick, a popular British social reformer, known for working with the Poor Law Commissioners to take care of poor health conditions, writes in Document 5 that he is working on “new structural arrangements for the protection of public health”. Furthermore, Document 6, written by English native Friedrich Engels, talks about poor living conditions. He talks about homes, and their “unclean interiors” that “correspond with their filthy external surroundings.” This shows us that even outside the smoky factories, people were unhappy with their health conditions. Something not founds in these documents is the fact that health around this time is very comparable to that of the Middle Ages. With smoke in the air, darkening the sky, and people dumping their waste in the streets, life was dirty, unhealthy, and
Societal classes had existed in Europe long before the Industrial Revolution. However, these classes began to function differently with the growth of industry. In Document 4, Edward Goodall’s Cottonopolis, we see an almost complete industrial takeover of the natural world. The way this piece helps reflect societal issues at this time is the family located on the left of the painting. They are lower class, as indicated by their wardrobe. The complete takeover of modern industry has taken away their lifestyle. This reflects the victimization of the lower class at the hands of the higher …show more content…
Edwin Chadwick, a popular British social reformer, known for working with the Poor Law Commissioners to take care of poor health conditions, writes in Document 5 that he is working on “new structural arrangements for the protection of public health”. Furthermore, Document 6, written by English native Friedrich Engels, talks about poor living conditions. He talks about homes, and their “unclean interiors” that “correspond with their filthy external surroundings.” This shows us that even outside the smoky factories, people were unhappy with their health conditions. Something not founds in these documents is the fact that health around this time is very comparable to that of the Middle Ages. With smoke in the air, darkening the sky, and people dumping their waste in the streets, life was dirty, unhealthy, and