Impact of Industrial Revolution on American Economy and Urbanization
1 From the early C19th, the Industrial Revolution had a significant impact on cities and urban expansion, causing a range of problems related to the environment of such cities. Later in the C19th, various initiatives were attempted in order to improve this situation. Using the ‘invention’ and development of the urban Public Park (e.g. Birkenhead, Central, Buttes Chaumont Parks) describe and explain how planners and designers proposed to improve the industrial city.
The industrial revolution is a term that is used to describe the transformations that the economical and social sectors of Britain during the 19th Century. It is hard to say exactly when the industrial revolution started or when it had finished. Many factors had influenced the changes that had happened, which makes studying the industrial Revolution a little more complex than some other areas of History. There were several economic developments that had given rise to the industrial revolution. The changes didn’t just affect the economy of the country, but society as a whole. People had started to move into cities, the availability of material/goods and the change in ways of trading.
The Industrial Revolution had brought with it an increase in population and urbanization, as well as new social classes. The increase in population was very drastic and dramatic. The change in workforce was drastic as well, from domestic production to factories under capitalist control. Britain had changed from an agricultural society to an industrial one is a very short period of time and this had impacts on social life as a whole. Factories had started to pop up everywhere, producing goods with great efficiency and in large quantities. Labourers however would lose their jobs to machines, machines that started to appear back in the cotton trade. Labourers had begun to experience longer working hours in harsher working condition for like minimal wages. It was no longer about the people; it was about making the
The industrial revolution is a term that is used to describe the transformations that the economical and social sectors of Britain during the 19th Century. It is hard to say exactly when the industrial revolution started or when it had finished. Many factors had influenced the changes that had happened, which makes studying the industrial Revolution a little more complex than some other areas of History. There were several economic developments that had given rise to the industrial revolution. The changes didn’t just affect the economy of the country, but society as a whole. People had started to move into cities, the availability of material/goods and the change in ways of trading.
The Industrial Revolution had brought with it an increase in population and urbanization, as well as new social classes. The increase in population was very drastic and dramatic. The change in workforce was drastic as well, from domestic production to factories under capitalist control. Britain had changed from an agricultural society to an industrial one is a very short period of time and this had impacts on social life as a whole. Factories had started to pop up everywhere, producing goods with great efficiency and in large quantities. Labourers however would lose their jobs to machines, machines that started to appear back in the cotton trade. Labourers had begun to experience longer working hours in harsher working condition for like minimal wages. It was no longer about the people; it was about making the