Industrial Revolution Negative Effects

The industrial revolution was time of change from late 1700s through the 1800s. It was the move from working out in the fields to working in factories. There were many positive affects from the industrial revolution, but there were also many negative affects. The spread of the industrial revolution began in Europe around Great Britain, which spread to other countries and then to other continents. There are many things to be covered over the time of the industrial revolution, but one area to cover is the negative affects on labor, specifically child labor and women’s role in the job industry. In Europe the factories abused the labor of children and they had to deal with some excruciating days.
Industrialization transformed the handicraft-centered economies into industry economies. The perspective of Great Britain, China, and Japan shifted when they dealt with growing and dynamic economies. As the population was growing the need for cottons and textiles was also growing in Great Britain. It was then in the 18th century that the approach to production changed from the need of working in the fields to the need of working in the factories. Soon enough, the Cotton industry and textile industry started to rise. The use of iron and steel benefited from the technological refinement. There was also a …show more content…
Also in the 19th century, in European countries as their population grew their was more demand for raw materials. Industrial society fueled this demand as industrialization spread to other countries, and more materials were available for trade. There was a new geographic division of labor, and as some countries produced the raw materials there were others who processed and consumed them, this led to an increase in volume of world trade. As some benefited from industrialization other had less benefits, but the process raised the fortunes for all world’s