Essays on Industrial Revolution

Introduction

Air pollution in Britain can be dated as far back as the 12 century. According to history, the root of air pollution in this era was the continuous use of coal as a means of fire for cooking or heating by the early people. Because of the over use of domestic fire, smoke mixed with other pollutants caused major pollution on a local level which then after a period became more than a local problem but instead a national problem. As Great Britain grew, and urban setting started cropping up so did air pollution. Most urban settings at the Continue reading...

Social change is defined as any socially significant alteration, transformation, or modification in the organization of social activities that are behavioral patterns, cultural patterns and, norms. A significant alteration means any changes that would lead to profound social consequences (Gladwell, 32) Significant social changes include the abolition of slavery, the feminist movement and, the industrial revolution.
Social change bears four main characteristics including; it happens everywhere the rate of change, however, varies in different places. For instance, the United States experiences faster change than third world countries due to their limited access to technology. Social change is often unplanned Continue reading...

Introduction

However, this industrial revolution led to a series of problems both social and economic. Among these problems was the fact that Britain had become the world’s most urbanized country. This meant that almost half of the population of Britain at this time was living in cities. This led to several social problems mainly in the areas of education, healthcare and housing. There were also several economic problems that would face Britain after 1870. The emergence of new industrial powers in Germany and U.S.A meant that Britain’s industrialization was facing a decline. The UK had for so long Continue reading...

Introduction

The Second Industrial Revolution took place from the beginning of 19th century to the 20th century. It is the continuation of the first industrial revolution, which had steam-powered machines like the mark. In the first industrial revolution, the machines replaced human labor. On the other hand, the Second Industrial Revolution signifies replacement of the steam engines developed during the first revolution with electricity driven machines. Electricity has been developed in line with other sources of energy such as gas. The new forms of energy are useful in transportation and communication sectors since machines become extremely fast and efficient at Continue reading...

Nowadays, almost everyone heard at least something about global warming. But, it is not only the change of the climate, but also, the consequences of it. Usually, the term is used to describe a gradual increase in the average temperature of the Earth's atmosphere and its oceans, a change that is believed to be permanently changing the Earth’s climate. However, not every scientist believes the global warming is real. But, the data and facts say the planet is warming.
Interestingly, the humans knew about global warming even in the late 1800s, but did little to prevent it. So, Continue reading...

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In the work of Cowan, many perceive the interaction of technology and society as enormous computers in the workplace and, with regards to the topic here, massive armies of men, women and children slaving away in the textile mills. Prior to the introduction of age of the Industrial Revolution, women were primarily engaged in household chores; however, in the industrialization age, the tasks of running and taking care of the needs of the home fell by the wayside. In addition, the family activities were significantly reduced, particularly social functions, to more basic activities, such as consumption, relief of Continue reading...

The Industrial Revolution was a period from the 18th to 19th century when fundamental changes occurred in agriculture, transportation, textile, economic policies, metal manufacture, and the social structure in England. It is an era that destroyed the old manner of doing things. The Industrial Revolution was a chief turning point in the history of mankind. Eventually, almost every aspect of life was in some way influenced by this transformation. For instance, population and average income began to show signs of first-time sustained growth. In addition, advances in agriculture practices and techniques resulted in changes in industrial organization, increased supply Continue reading...

Wolfs (2013), describes the scientific method as the process of creating a reliable and consistent representation of a theory or hypothesis by actively eliminating all personal prejudice and bias from the person researching the theory, using the observation-hypothesis-prediction-experiment model. It involves the observation and description of a phenomenon followed by formulation of a hypothesis to explain that phenomenon. By using this hypothesis, the scientist attempts to predict the existence of new phenomenon especially as pertains to new observations. Finally, other independent scientists perform further and deeper experiments on these predictions.
The scientific method was important in the technological advances Continue reading...

Global environmental systems are networks which compose the surroundings in which living things cohabit, and which constitute the planetary arena as we know it. Examples of global systems include the atmosphere, Cryosphere, biosphere and oceans. The global environmental system is intertwined with ecosystems, culture, economics, and societies. These are in turn related to other phenomena, which are dynamic in nature. These dynamic and natural systems vary in nature, found in a given period of time, and closely based on the existing global human activities, as Steffen et al. (2004) alludes. An example would be our current natural environment: the Continue reading...

Introduction

The existence of classes in the society has a long history dating back to the 19th century in the Western Europe after the industrial revolution (Abrutyn, 2013). As such, because of the industrial revolution, classes emerged. In this regard, the classes that emerged comprised of those of the rich and those people who worked for them. However, since then different forms of stratification emerged in the society. Examples of such stratifications or classes are the ones based on gender, race, age, and religion (Bartos & Wehr, 2002). Consequently, various arguments exist concerning these new forms of stratification with some people Continue reading...

Modern consumerism is typically about the evolution of consumption behaviors in the society. Campbell (1987), devised the notion and sort reliably critical evidence to suggest that modern consumerism is based on a theoretical framework he describes a “Romantic consumerism”. Romantic consumerism according to Campbell revolves around the existing love relationship between a consumer and a product. While this sounds impractical, Campbell expounds on explaining that when the consumer develops a strong bond of attachment to the product, there is bound to be a close relationship just beyond loyalty to the product.
In his works, Campbell dates back to the Continue reading...

The Impact of the Industrial Revolution in England

History has always shown that man had continuously struggled to foster development for the improvement of life and progress. This struggle had managed to trigger changes and events that led to the Industrial Revolution or the Age of Industrialization. The revolution had established Europe as a dominant industrial region and bolstered its economy, allowing its population to grow and prosper. In England, industrialization brought significant social changes that had transformed England to the mighty European hegemony it was known for and a society fit for further industrialization. Industrialization physically transformed England’s lands and waterways to become fit for Continue reading...

Introduction

According to Danziger and Robert opinion, poverty is the state of being extremely poor (9). Most people define poverty as the state of lacking in money to purchase goods and services. However, different people may define poverty differently depending on their financial status and where they were raised. Reducing poverty is a world concern yet there are no known international standards from measuring poverty. In economics, poverty is when an individual fails to meet a certain set income. When one is in possession of less than a dollar per day, they are said to be in extreme poverty according Continue reading...

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Mythology typically elucidates historical events of ancient characters to represent beliefs, practices, natural phenomenon and institution that are related to religious beliefs and rights. The mythology had an immense impact on art and literature during the Decadence era as it gave rise to the concept of Symbolism in Europe. Decadence was an era towards the end of Eighteen Century that emerged during the industrial revolution in Europe. Decadence is heavily linked with symbolism. Symbolism links the ancient mythology with imagination to form art and literature. Symbolism is an artistic and literary movement that emerged in the group of few Continue reading...

History students would agree that the working population’s challenges became more noticeable during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century in Europe and America as compared to any other period in time. France relied on the close-by weave frameworks and corporate solidarity of working artisan trades. Nonetheless, urban growth did not stop bringing together traders with a much experienced way of doing trade leading to the reality of which a couple of specialists has judged it as a way of creating class and taste around French workers. History shows that a social affiliation inside trade bundles cannot speak Continue reading...

India and the British Empire

India was the greatest jewel in the British Empire’s crown and although it started off as a commercial venture, the impact that the British had on the sub-continent remains practically to this day after 300 years of rule. The beginnings with the East India Company were quite daredevil with several risks being taken but after the British took control of the trade routes inside India, their economic power simply exploded.
The East India Company ran India like a fiefdom, and it brought great profits to its shareholders as well as to Britain as a whole. The creation of Continue reading...

Labor developments of women in the U.S. from colonial times to 1900
In colonial America, women earn their living as tailors or keep boarding houses. In the early 19th Century, women occupations have the limitation of factory and domestic work. Professional women can only work as teachers and writers. The traditional families had many children this prevents women them from pursuing professional careers. Professional organization in the colonial era does not enroll women. In 1800s, most women worked as secretaries, bookkeepers, machine operators, and inspectors.
Historically, women have fewer career opportunities and legal rights than men do (Murolo and Continue reading...

Democracy, Rights, and Empire

Thesis
Europe has seen it all; revolutions, plague, recession, famine, revolts, and invasions, and this was why, when opportunity came knocking at their doors, the few powerful nations of Europe, adventured to expand and control their business interests far from their shores. In order to understand how and why this transpired, one needs to go back in time and understand Europe as it was in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

Background

The Rise of Europe between 1500 and 1850 was largely accounted for by the growth of European nations which shared their borders with the Atlantic, and in particular, by Continue reading...

Introduction

Industrial revolution occurred during 1780 and 1850. However, democracy refers to a ruling style in which the government, through the constitution, provides its citizens with equal right to participate in the process of law making in the parliament, either directly or through representation (indirect). This method entails social, cultural and economic conditions that enhance equal and free political practice through self-determination. This industrial revolution brought about radical changes in the economic development, as well as the entire world’s economy. In the United States of America, the emergence of a capitalistic economy became the key boost in industrialization process ( Continue reading...

The enlightenment refers to the sprawling of intellectual, social, philosophical, and cultural movement that spread through France, England, German, and other parts of Europe during the 1700s. Enlightenment thinkers advocated for self-autonomy in thinking, free of the limitations of traditional authority. The process of “modernity” traces its origin to this movement, as an heir, with seeds implanted in this period. Evidently, the process began with a vision of an autonomous free individual, but later contributed to the instrumental means-end thinking that has shaped modernity. The writers of the enlightenment mastered everything they regarded as worth learning, ranging from science Continue reading...

Edward Bellamy was an economist who disliked the socio-economic conditions because many laborers got a subsistence pay. Bellamy wrote a book called Looking Backward, which focuses on Julian West who is an upperclassman, lived in Boston. It is important to note that Bellamy lived during the industrial revolution in the US. His book talks of West being induced to sleep because of his chronic Insomnia. The author records accounts of laborers striking because the capitalists and the landlords enjoyed all the profits and interests respectively. Bellamy writes, “The producers of the nineteenth century were not, like ours, working together Continue reading...

Lowell town was named after Harvard trained and Massachusetts born scholar, Francis Cabot Lowell. Lowell was also an industrialist and died in 1817 at the age of 42 years. F.C Cabot Lowell had gone to Britain for treatment where he learnt about the textile manufacturing industry. At the end of his two years stay in Britain, he returned home and started applying the expertise he had learnt in Britain. Together with his accomplices, he opened Boston manufacturing company, a company established along the Charles River. (Coburn, F.W. 1920). The Lowell Company became so successful and was a great attraction Continue reading...

Industrialization after the Civil War

Thesis: Industrialization caused by the Civil War made huge changes in every sphere of the US life, beginning from social to industry and agriculture.
I. Changes made in different spheres of the US life.
A. Legislation.
1. Women suffrage
B. Development of the social structure.
1. Country free from slavery.
a. main aspects of former slaves’ life.
C. Economic changes.
1. Standards of living.
2. Mass production.
II. Impact of industrialization on social groups.
A. African Americans became free people.
1. Attempts to improve the literacy rate of African Americans.
2. Types of work they can do.

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Introduction

In studying the status of world education, it is inevitable to compare the educational systems of countries around the world primarily because by comparison, it helps in the understanding of the relationship and disparities between two contrasting systems. By doing so, one could not help but wonder how most eastern countries lag behind in terms of proficiency and skills. It is a widely accepted notion that there is indeed a huge gap or disparity between the education systems of the western countries as compared to the eastern countries. This huge difference is undeniable reflected in the common assumption that Continue reading...

In the late 1800’s, Europe was experiencing rapid industrialization and women were beginning to work outside the home. This sociological development led to a public debate on the role and rights of women in society (Pinchbeck 11). At this time a woman was generally legally under the control of her husband or father due to societal norms which were based on antiquated ideas that women were physically and mentally inferior to men and needed to be “looked after” (Pinchbeck 12). However, this hierarchical view of gender roles in families and society were beginning to change around the time Continue reading...

The industrial revolution is a revolutionary change in the means of production and its organization, which led to the transition from pre-industrial to an industrial society. The classical and the earliest example of the industrial revolution is considered England of late 18th - early 19th centuries.
The term "industrial revolution” emphasizes fast and explosive nature of the changes that occurred at the turn of 18-19 centuries, first in England and then in other countries of Europe. For the first time this concept was used in 1830 by a French economist Adolphe Blanqui. Since 1840, it has become widely used Continue reading...

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- The Atlantic slave trade occurred from the late 17th to early 19th centuries between the African west coast, the Caribbean, and New England. Through this process, hundreds of thousands of Africans were sold into slavery in the Americas in exchange for sugarcane and rum. Consequently, New England gained a vast amount of wealth and the American South and the Caribbean gained a relatively cheap source of labor for their agriculture.
- Nationalism describes an ideology and movement in which the citizens of a particular valued and championed their country, often to the detriment of the political spectrum. This Continue reading...

MEM 695

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The purpose of this research paper is to introduce the different types of energy resources utilized worldwide. This paper discusses the history of the different resources used, starting with the utilization of conventional fossil fuel based technologies, the emergence of nuclear power and finally, the commercialization of renewable energy resources. The main objective of this research paper is to provide an insight on how these energy sources are accessed, utilized, distributed and developed. The paper also seeks to impact of the utilization of these various energy resources on the environment, especially the effect of continued utilization of conventional Continue reading...

For over three decades, the U.S labor market has attracted criticism from the minority groups mostly the blacks. Before the industrial revolution occurred, majority of the blacks provided cheap labor to the white’s farms. The form of employment during that time was informal as knowledge requirements were never a necessity. After the industrial revolution, focus shifted to individuals both black and whites sought for jobs within the established industries (Royster 123). The introduction of industries necessitated knowledge acquisition as roles became different from the initial forms. The blacks found for knowledge like their white counterparts so as to Continue reading...

Introduction

The remarkable industrial revolution of the 18th century had a very important milestone in the global civilization. As a matter of fact, it set the pace for the recent boost in technology today. However, this is also imperative to consider that the invention and subsequent advancement in the steam engine played an important role in the famous industrial revolution. Before the invention of the steam engine, industrial processes were manually based. More so, the earliest forms of steam engines produced by the engineer, Thomas Savery and even the subsequent development of the first practical steam engine by the English Continue reading...

Sociology

Illegal Immigrants in the United States of America can are the classic victim of media stereotype emanating out of the classification of immigrants into various criminal categories on account of strict anti-immigration laws. The social perception social construction resulting from such perception concerning a particular group of people possessing homogenous features is the function of the prevailing economic, political and sociological conditions. As and by way of illustration, in a worsening economy, when jobs are few and far off, the government adopts protectionist policies and consequently makes the strong anti-immigration laws. This might not be the case in a Continue reading...

Introduction

These days, after the rise of industrial revolution, almost every economy is dependent on industrial activities which businesses pursue to not only make profits but create value for the society at large. While pursuing such an activity, the manufacturing concerns are also required to take care of the environment as well. This is because the production activities not only involve the release of dangerous wastes but also involve the emission of carbon dioxide gas which is harmful for society, environment and marine life as a whole resulting in a rise of global warming.
Carbon dioxide (having a chemical formula Continue reading...

Economists and economic philosophers have been preoccupied with studying the past, identifying various social, political or cultural trends, for anticipating the future. In their articles, DeLong (“Growth is Good” and Lucas (“The Industrial Revolution: Past and Future”) develop economic theories consistent with their understanding of the past, analysis of the present and vision of the future. While developing their theories, the two economic writers touch various ideas, which are part of both discourses. Inspired by the known history and their contemporary reality, DeLong and Lucas reach similar conclusions, but there are also different points in their economic argumentations, which Continue reading...

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Al Musilli was amazed by the entire silver production process. In his article, Al Musili describes the whole silver mining process. He begins by identifying the 37 mills that were used in the grinding of stones that bore silver both during the night and during the day. After the grinding process was over, quantities of approximately 5000 lbs were taken and piled together to form several piles. Water was then added to each pile and mercury was added later to it based on its needs. Shovels were then used in stirring the mixture and mercury-added when necessary. Moreover, if Continue reading...

The Industrial Revolution is defined as the sudden burst of industrial activity that emerged first in England, eventually spreading throughout Europe, America and other parts of the world. However, this sudden spurt of industrial activity was a result of a long-term development caused by combination of factors. Although the Industrial Revolution happened around two centuries ago, the evolution of lifestyle beginning from the Middle Ages proves to be significant in the development of the Industrial Revolution.
Many centuries ago, the manorial system dominated the face of England. In this system, the lords owned a large area of land with Continue reading...

Historical changes in belief and thoughts, which changed institutional and social organization between the year 1500 and 1700 and led to the unfolding of Europe; is what is referred to as the scientific revolution. Age of reason is another name which is used to refer enlightenment. In addition, this was a period in America and Europe when mankind transformed into a new age from centuries of ignorance. There were major changes in Europe that’s political, economical, sociology and religiously. Natural laws were discovered, and different theories were introduced and this separated us from foolishness and made us have Continue reading...

The mechanism used by the United States to curb matters pertaining to international relations has raised questions with some individuals referring to it as the world police. U.S after the civil war that occurred and destabilized some of its important pillars such as the economy resorted to maintenance of order in every occasion thus contributing to their dominance in international relations (Hook&Spanier, 2013). Every ethnicity, religion, country of its capability has the mechanism that it can use to quell violence suppose such circumstances arise. Because of its ability to suppress violence and reinstate order in most countries in the Continue reading...

Enlightenment connotes to the transitional process that involve positive significant development. The cited enlightenment has been in existence from the 17th century to the contemporary times. However, the cited enlightenment for instance industrial revolution has elicited myriad debate on its effectiveness coupled with the success. Categorically, myriad challenges have been identified in the enlightenment process. The mentioned challenges such as political, economic and social have instigated untold suffering to the myriad populace. The paper endeavors to explicitly extrapolate on industrial revolution as the failure of enlightenment.
Agreeably, enlightenment has significantly changed the status of specific nations. For instance, industrialization Continue reading...

Frankenstein: or the Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley was first published in 1818 . It was updated and published again in 1831. It is the story of a genius who tried to create life and suffered as he had brought to life evil in the world.
It is a typical gothic novel that gained popularity during the 1800s. The period was referred to as the age of enlightenment or the age of reason. It was the time when many great philosophers arose. The period came after the Renaissance and the Reformation. There was greater freedom for philosophers to write about Continue reading...

Introduction

In the contemporary society, on average, a normal person lives 99.9 percent of their lives in devoid of the actual conscious contact that is sensed with the magnificent nature. Most people spend most their times indoors. For instance, people spend almost 95 percent indoors without time to explore the beautiful nature provided for human beings. In most cases, people build relationships, but diverted from nature. The disconnection from nature deludes human beings from thinking that disconnecting with the nature does not negatively affect the daily life existence. It is because even if people do not explore the nature, they Continue reading...