In the late nineteenth century the American economy changed the nature and type of work, the economy went from agriculture to industrialization. Next was new technologies, national transportation, and new businesses.
Technology helped transform the factory work and increased the scale of production. The two technologies that changed people daily life was steam and electricity. Electricity helped manufacturers to stop relying on water so factories were not located by the rivers anymore due to the new innovations. Technology also enabled managers to substitute machines for workers, skewing the balance of power in the workplace toward employers. And it transformed city life, making available a host of new conveniences (Goldfield 528). Other technologies …show more content…
This meant, in part, dividing up the work involved in manufacturing so that each single workman performed only one stage in the manufacturing process, which was previously broken into sequential parts (Buescher 1). Before, workers worked hands on in factories from start to finish. Now electricity came in to play and helped replaced skilled crafts. In this new environment workers were always supervised and factories operated in a rationalized process. The relationship between workers and employers changed, workers lost the autonomy of the craft shop, become a wage-earning commodities subject to strict management and replaceable at the foreman’s whim (Farragher 1). Through out the nineteenth century technology advancement made mass production of goods possible. Factories operated in a stern manner in order to increase manufacturing efficiency. On the negative side people were taken away from their family because of new jobs. It was also dangerous to work in some work places, the laborers worked around acid and large grinders and such. Meat Packaging Plants had unclean work places that would use poisoned mice and bread in sausages. In the end having a rationalized system led to the wealthy purchasing more
Technology helped transform the factory work and increased the scale of production. The two technologies that changed people daily life was steam and electricity. Electricity helped manufacturers to stop relying on water so factories were not located by the rivers anymore due to the new innovations. Technology also enabled managers to substitute machines for workers, skewing the balance of power in the workplace toward employers. And it transformed city life, making available a host of new conveniences (Goldfield 528). Other technologies …show more content…
This meant, in part, dividing up the work involved in manufacturing so that each single workman performed only one stage in the manufacturing process, which was previously broken into sequential parts (Buescher 1). Before, workers worked hands on in factories from start to finish. Now electricity came in to play and helped replaced skilled crafts. In this new environment workers were always supervised and factories operated in a rationalized process. The relationship between workers and employers changed, workers lost the autonomy of the craft shop, become a wage-earning commodities subject to strict management and replaceable at the foreman’s whim (Farragher 1). Through out the nineteenth century technology advancement made mass production of goods possible. Factories operated in a stern manner in order to increase manufacturing efficiency. On the negative side people were taken away from their family because of new jobs. It was also dangerous to work in some work places, the laborers worked around acid and large grinders and such. Meat Packaging Plants had unclean work places that would use poisoned mice and bread in sausages. In the end having a rationalized system led to the wealthy purchasing more