Market Revolution In The 1800s

The Market Revolution in the 1800s caused some Americans to quickly adjust their beliefs on the uproar of the market economy by taking a step back and observing the ramifications of this development. Firstly, complaints were coming in from factories arising in the early stages of the Industrial Revolution. Such factories produced cotton textiles with water-powered spinning and weaving machinery. American factory workers began to see how slaves lived. The conditions within these factories made workers draw analogies between their work struggles and those of southern slaves. In Lowell of 1845, a complaint of a factory worker was quoted, “Slaves to a system of labor which requires them to toil from five until seven o’clock, with one hour only to attend to the wants of nature, allowed – slaves to the will and
Thoreau was a strong advocate in adapting his concept of justice by enjoying the freedom of isolation from the misplaced values he believed ruled American society. His remarks proved a stronger threat to the original structure of the market economy. His ideas were subsequently written in the novel Walden (1854) which was an account of his experiences in a cabin on Walden Pond in Concord. Walden was a true revolution showing how Americans’ values were degraded alongside the natural environment as well. An emphasis on nature and less focus on the accumulation of material goods would be the result of this historically influential piece of American literature. It was very eye-opening to realize how generations would go on to criticize social conformity, materialism, and the degradation of the natural environment. It’s safe to say that Thoreau insisted upon a new genuine freedom within one’s self. Therefore, justice for an individual is different than that of a