Cotton mill

Besides textile industry, industries born after the industrial revolution started from the Great Britain also changed Philadelphia. Paper, leather and textile industries were still very common. Meanwhile, heavy industries such as the coal and iron industry also emerged. The introduction of steam engine and railroad created a larger market coverage for Philadelphia’s manufacturing industries and help businessman sell their goods farther away. After World War II, specially 1970’s, the United…

In chapter four Nye describes, “Technology momentum” as “a particularly useful concept for understanding large-scale systems, such as the electric grid, the railway, or the automobile (Nye p 52). He began to describe who the bicycle was the most used transportation in some countries and how eventually automobiles where used instead. However, only the automobile was able to achieve “technology momentum” in some countries. In Netherlands and Denmark the bicycle reached momentum for about 40 years…

With the Industrial Revolution leading to major technological advancements and the invention of new manufacturing streamline processes, mass produced products were able to be created more affordably and and at a speedier pace than ever before, leading to an increase in supply and demand. With the increase of manufacturing and demand, wealthy individuals or families who owned businesses managed to remain on the top tier of the social class. Middle class factory owners and workers who were…

Commercial Revolution originated in the late seventeen century and moving onto the eighteenth century, where it shaped the foundation for the industrialization of Britain through the establishment of trades, financial, commercial as well as legal industries (Harley, 2004). An industrial development of an economy can be advantageous as it increases the industrial opportunities such as enhancing living standards, domestic value of products, and provide a large goods and service market (Deane,…

during the industrial revolution were employed many in manufacturing and mining. One of the most widely recognized jobs for children was as a “Newsie” or “Newsboy”. This job was held by young children, usually boys while girls usually worked in the Mills. Many of these children were orphaned or homeless and were forced to work in order to make money for their families to survive (THE GILDER LEHRMAN INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN HISTORY). Many Newsies would get ill during the winter due to inadequate…

With the industrial revolution came many advances in technology, such as the steam engine. Along with these revolutionary ideas and inventions were consequences some very severe. There are two main negative consequences of the industrial revolution, the conditions in which people lived and worked in and the treatment of women and children. There are also two main positive consequences, urbanisation and the middle class. All of these will be discussed in more detail later. The conditions in…

The Industrial Revolution at the turn of the twentieth century had been marked by millions of immigrants coming to America and getting jobs in factories. But these workers were given little pay and horrible working conditions. But they had taken a stand and began the age of labor movement. Workers across America made efforts to get things like better wages and working conditions, using methods from strikes to riots to achieve those goals. However, the wealthy and the U.S. government tried to put…

English textile factories could kill people. They are not good at all and a lot of people got injured working in them including children and adults. How could people work in an environment where it is hard to breathe or where people were losing body parts like hands and fingers? Many of the workers got diseases and become ill however then they got others sick. The people who worked at the factories would completely disagree with what the people outside the factory said but the factories were bad…

After reading the past few chapters from Schwartz- Cowan and listening to the class discussions, I would have to agree that the overall main idea being pushed is that the industrialization period lead to efficiency in household mothers lives however did not lead to less work in their lives. While inventions of the industrialization period such as automobiles, stoves, running water, electricity and more made our lives more efficient and more accessible to things it also added a lot more work for…

in part by the working conditions, wages, and unsafe living conditions. The state of working conditions played a major part in the suffering of the working class. Most workers would work sixty hour weeks, having 10 hour work days. While one carpet-mill operator suggested that a sixty hour work week was “plenty of time for any man…” (source 1), many others believed they were overworked by at least 2 hours a day. Workers would undergo ten hour work days, which involved them standing on their feet…