Industrial Revolution

The question that remains is one that has to do with the general standard of living in societies that experience an industrial revolution. The answer to this question can be analyzed through many issues that have been brought up in history. Some issues involve employment conditions (work hours, number of workdays, wages, etc). One recent study has shown that 19th century workers in industrializing countries worked on average about 66 hours per week at least six days every week. All the while, there were no benefits at all to these workers, that we have today like paid vacations, health insurance, sick days, and pensions. Employers essentially controlled the terms of employment through their command. With regard to these poor work conditions,

Yet, in human history, it has been shown that there’s a affinity to strive for a more prosperous condition, as represented via production, and distribution of goods/services. As the industrialization process notably increase the productivity of human labor, and creates output that is extremely beyond the consumption capacity of any single person. Although each society may have different specifics with regards to their industrial revolutions, the general characterizations of these political entities are classified as either “developed”, or “rich”. Nevertheless, less than a quarter of the world’s population, live in considerably industrialized countries. From the UN data, many of the people in the world attempt to survive on 2 dollars or less every

Recent evidence has shown that the average work week in developing countries of the 20th century ranged about 44 hours, which compared to the data for the 19th century was significantly less. With regard to the use of child labor, although rampant in the poorest countries, has also declined quite a bit in modern surfacing economies. Women in the workforce have also improved tremendously, as they have better economic opportunities. Although, counter arguments were made regarding the poor quality of the statistical data, historians as a whole were able to concede that the standard of living was positive, and this trend was often influenced by fluctuations due to both internal and external