Industrial Revolution Essay

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Designers Past, Present and Future – DT Textiles Assignment By Dana Pickens (VHL)
Designers Past: The Industrial Revolution
The Industrial Revolution had a big impact on politics, society, and the economy. The industrial revolution caused urbanisation as most people lived in rural areas prior to the revolution, when many people moved to the city, leading to growth of cities. This was due to the increase of employment, that the revolution brought, which consisted of working at factories near the city. People also moved to the city as this was where the water and railways were, which helped in the marketing of the finished goods, and the city was also used for banking and marketing. The Industrial revolution also changed the standard of living as people living in factory towns usually lived in cheap, crowded tenements, whereas people in mining towns usually lived in rows of identical cottages. This poor living standard was due to bad bricks and the shortage of machinery for public sanitation. The industrial revolution also started the working class. This class referred to anyone (men, women and children) who were industrial workers in mines, pottery works and textile mills. People like artisans were also degraded to this class as new machines were mass producing products, replacing the people.
The Industrial revolution also had an economic impact. The industrial revolution really changed employment. The new machines that were being invented replaced people doing it by hand, making these jobs non-existent. However, these machines needed people to operate them created new jobs. The machines needed power which generally came from coal, which needed to be mined, which created even more jobs. Although there were more jobs, work was very ...

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