The Industrial Revolution In The Late 19th Century

Beginning in the late 18th century a movement later named the Industrial Revolution came to fruition. Throughout the end of the 18th century and the majority of the 19th century, energy and industry made huge leaps forward do to the innovative ideas of a few adventurous inventors. Beginning in England and slowly seeping its way across the rest of Europe, the Industrial Revolution had huge impacts on the socio-economic and cultural trends of daily life in European urban society.
Due to the economic advantages provided by compact centers of industry, the populations of urban towns began to flourish. The general standard of living in urban and city life changed dramatically due to progress from the revolution. The developing industry led to a new class of factory owners who joined the wealthy middle class. The Industrial Revolution also saw the rise of a new proletariat group of working class individuals. With the development of these two groups, the previous divide between the different classes only served to deepen. This is when we saw a rise in the Marxist idea of class-consciousness, the idea that classes exist only because people think they do and develop a responding attitude toward …show more content…
While many of the emerging factory owners were from already well-off merchant families, the time period gave many undervalued skilled workers that were previously under-utilized the chance to make a name for themselves. This meant that many individuals of groups that had been discriminated against in previous fields jumped at the chance for success. This lead to a sort of comradery between these groups such as the Scots, Quakers, Protestants, and Jews, as each group often helped others along the