The Industrial Revolution: Working And Middle Class

What came to be known as the Industrial Revolution transformed not only the working environment, but also implemented new ideologies on economic activity, political thinking, and social interactions between two distinct modern classes. The Industrial Revolution changed the techniques of production, manufacture, the organization and location of work, the workers and employers roles within industries. Industrialization began in England in the late 1700s, and would spread to other parts of Europe, and beyond. These industrial changes were inevitable and were a direct result through conquest, colonial rule, and trade. The new inventions and technologies to production made the manufacture of goods more efficient than ever. All of these changes deeply

Members of the working class to a large extent were un-capable of understanding their grievances. These grievances lied with the harsh disciplines and working conditions. Furthermore, the Industrial Revolution innovations excessively sped up the urge for production and trade. Few middle class members would use their knowledge of business to create industries that would eventually become global corporations. During the nineteenth century, the main value in several European countries, especially England, were profit gains and the ideas reflected a combination of worldviews by keen intellectuals. Members of the working class were told that working hard could potentially make way for gaining profit, while members of the middle class were searching for ways to maximize their companies’ profit. Basically, members of the working class would attempt working their way up a wage capitalist ladder, with the eventual hope of making it into the ranks of the middle class. However, the language the middle class used was contradictory to the idea of serving the public interest. In fact, majority of the working class members were left with hardship, hunger, and abusive working conditions. Every member of the families would eventually have to work. The middle class was able to use the economic principles and political practices to expand these certain ideas across the globe through trade and colonization. Both the working and middle class had mixed views on receiving the Industrial Revolutions’ new norms and values, which were split by opportunities, discrepancies, and a change in the function of systematics behind the social changes, political ideas, and the constructive nature of