Effects of the Revolution and Industrialization

Effects of the Revolution and Industrialization

population who had lived in rural farmland began to migrate into urban centers in order to attain jobs in industrial fields. ‘Earning a living became an urban based activity’ (Timmins, 9). However, urban centers weren’t able to cope with the...
industrial’, instead they ranged over all aspects of social society. This is quoted in the first article ‘Industrialization was such a wide range in phenomena’ (Mac Leod, 1), and today we see its negative effects before our eyes.

In order to understand the Revolution’s effects, we must first understand how the Revolution came to be. The Revolution was a driving force in the change of people’s livelihoods that created many opportunities, offered new technologies and was able to create positive change across social classes. However, these were not the lasting effects of the Industrial Revolution and that is the total picture. The reality of the matter is that the Industrial Revolution also had negative impacts, which would continue to affect mankind for centuries to come. The Industrial Revolution’s impacts were not merely ‘industrial’, instead they ranged over all aspects of social society order to understand the Revolution’s effects, we must first understand how the Revolution came to be. The Revolution’s origins lie in the original ‘Agricultural Revolution’. This was a change in what seemed to be a pan-European issue, which was whenever the population grew to an extent that the agricultural sector could not cope Industrial Revolution was a driving force in the change of people’s livelihoods that created many opportunities, offered new technologies and was able to create positive change across social classes. However, these were not the lasting effects of the Industrial Revolution and that is the total picture. The reality of the matter is that the Industrial Revolution also had negative impacts, which

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