Inventions in the 1700s sparked a period known as the Industrial Revolution which has influenced our world today on a global scale. The Artistic Directors of the 2012 London Olympic Games accurately portrayed the Industrial Revolution in the adaptation presented during the Opening Ceremony. This is clear in exploring the transition from an Agrarian society to Industrialisation; overpopulation and the issue of capitalism.
The shift from an Agrarian culture to Industrialisation undoubtedly positively impacted the British population and was adapted accurately in the performance. The evolution from depending on agriculture for a stable income, to mass production of textiles which was then transported globally, changed within a span of century. …show more content…
Prior to the Industrial Revolution, population was at its lowest point, allowing families to develop and economically grow on large acreages. In the 1700’s, the population rapidly increased by 57% which totals to around 700 million and would further increase to 1 billion by the 1800’s. The cause of this was the advances in medicine, immigration, mass increase of food production and younger marriage. The Artistic Directors portrayed the issues of overpopulation and their causes and effects. For example, it can be seen when the large masses of towns people completely cover the space to fulfill their daily duties as well as immigrants from various cultures, enter from different parts of the arena. The sudden flood of people represented rapid increase in population and families moving away from rural areas to the city where they were seeking employment. Clearly, the extensive population growth in the Industrial Revolution was flawlessly expressed in the …show more content…
The social hierarchy of the industrial revolution was simple but vastly different; at the peak was the upper class who were predominantly the industrialists or factory owners, the middle class which were businessmen and over time became equal with the upper class and the working class who were the lowest of low. They toiled in coal mines and slaved away in intolerable conditions, dying from horrific working environments. In 1833, A factory act was set in place by the government to avoid child exploitation and were only permitted to work above the age of 9. However, this did not halt misconduct; according to a factory inspector from the British Parliament Papers, in 1836 ‘I asked the same question, and from received all the same answers. They worked from Friday the 27th until four o’clock Saturday evening with the exception of meal hours.’ In the beginning of the transition, a large ensemble of upper class men can be seen standing a distance from the factories, but looking upwards at the smoke billowing out of the chimneys not noticing the filthy workers forced to into slave labour. The meaning behind this is the industrialist where only concerned about the profits they were collecting, rather than the underpaid, overworked employees that were slowly and painfully crumbling beneath them due to the undeniably horrific working
The shift from an Agrarian culture to Industrialisation undoubtedly positively impacted the British population and was adapted accurately in the performance. The evolution from depending on agriculture for a stable income, to mass production of textiles which was then transported globally, changed within a span of century. …show more content…
Prior to the Industrial Revolution, population was at its lowest point, allowing families to develop and economically grow on large acreages. In the 1700’s, the population rapidly increased by 57% which totals to around 700 million and would further increase to 1 billion by the 1800’s. The cause of this was the advances in medicine, immigration, mass increase of food production and younger marriage. The Artistic Directors portrayed the issues of overpopulation and their causes and effects. For example, it can be seen when the large masses of towns people completely cover the space to fulfill their daily duties as well as immigrants from various cultures, enter from different parts of the arena. The sudden flood of people represented rapid increase in population and families moving away from rural areas to the city where they were seeking employment. Clearly, the extensive population growth in the Industrial Revolution was flawlessly expressed in the …show more content…
The social hierarchy of the industrial revolution was simple but vastly different; at the peak was the upper class who were predominantly the industrialists or factory owners, the middle class which were businessmen and over time became equal with the upper class and the working class who were the lowest of low. They toiled in coal mines and slaved away in intolerable conditions, dying from horrific working environments. In 1833, A factory act was set in place by the government to avoid child exploitation and were only permitted to work above the age of 9. However, this did not halt misconduct; according to a factory inspector from the British Parliament Papers, in 1836 ‘I asked the same question, and from received all the same answers. They worked from Friday the 27th until four o’clock Saturday evening with the exception of meal hours.’ In the beginning of the transition, a large ensemble of upper class men can be seen standing a distance from the factories, but looking upwards at the smoke billowing out of the chimneys not noticing the filthy workers forced to into slave labour. The meaning behind this is the industrialist where only concerned about the profits they were collecting, rather than the underpaid, overworked employees that were slowly and painfully crumbling beneath them due to the undeniably horrific working