1.1 INDUSTRIALIZATION Clarence Zuvekas‚ Jr. (1979) defined industrialization as process of transforming raw materials with the aid of Human resources and capital goods into consumer goods‚ new capital goods which permit more consumer goods (including food) and social overhead capital‚ which together with human resources provide new services to both individuals and business. Joseph E. Imhanlahimhin defines industrialization “as a process of a country’s heavy dependence on large amount of goods manufactured
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By the mid 1800s‚ machines began to take over the industrial economy. More and more machines began to be used to produce clothing‚ shoes‚ watches‚ guns‚ and farming supplies. The working conditions in the factories in the mid 1800s on the other hand‚ was very harsh and dangerous. It was very easy to get caught in a machine‚ and get badly injured. The average workday for employees was 11.4 hours a day. Not only was the machines moving at a rapid pace‚ but children that had to work‚ would end up getting
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Before the Industrial Revolution began‚ European imperialism’s second phase hadn’t begun yet‚ the first phase that being the Age of Exploration (1500-1700). At the time China was sovereign‚ and pretty much most of India‚ as well as Japan. By the mid XIX century European economies were thoroughly industrialized and needed more coal and steel to keep up production‚ as well as other raw materials to sustain an industrial society. Hence‚ when they naturally expanded‚ this technological superiority was
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There were many direct causes and effects of Industrialization in America. Some effects were immediately after the revolution like urbanization and increased transportation. Some causes were as simple as improved technology and a strong‚ stable government. Industrialization even affects us today. Industrialization first began with the agricultural revolution‚ which was basically landowners buying small farms and getting a huge profit. With the agricultural revolution‚ also came crop rotation. Crop
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the United States witnessed a rise in immigration. Industrialization provided greater opportunities for Americans. America’s gilded age gave off the illusion of a utopian society. The visions of such society attracted many foreigners from parts of Europe and Asia. Though these foreigners helped with the expansion of the U.S‚ economic‚ political‚ and social tensions arose. These tensions included scarcity of jobs for natural-born citizens‚ American suspicion of European communism‚ and the immigrant
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In the early 1800’s‚ the ideal woman was a sophisticated being. Intelligence‚ virtue and wittiness were all key character traits that every male would have fallen for in a female. However‚ this idea of the perfect woman has taken a huge leap backwards in modern society. Men have drastically changed their views on ‘what is hot and what is not’ in a female. Should men still be pursuing the ideal woman represented in the 1800’s? More importantly‚ does the contemporary mentality of the ideal woman yield
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How Far Had Public Health Improved 1800 – 1900? Imagine if you were working in a factory at least for 16hours in a dirty atmosphere‚ then when you eventually get to go home‚ you have to go through the smell of overflowing cesspits‚ and finally you enter the dingy little room with a bed in the corner filled with sleeping family‚ how would you feel? Well‚ in the 1800s- 1900s poor people lived exactly like that‚ because they were lacking the effectiveness of public health‚ which was suppose
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In the 1800’s‚ abolition was happening causing the reform movements. The intention of the movement was the immediate emancipation of all slaves. The movements target wanted to end racial discrimination and segregation. The reform was about the Abolitionist movement in the United States of America was an effort to end slavery in a nation that valued personal freedom and believed “all men are created equally”. The reform started to base on increasingly frustrated with the SBW Peace of abolition‚ Garrison
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Slavery in the 1800’s played a huge role in a lot of authors writings during the time period. Writing about slavery wasn’t something most authors took lightly. For instance‚ Harriet Beacher Stowe‚ after traveling to a slave state one day and seeing just what goes on when trading slaves forever changed to view on it and you can see and feel that in her writings. Fredrick Douglass was also a writer who wrote about slavery in his story “The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass‚ 1845”. Douglas
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Breast cancer is a disease that devastates so many women in our society each year. The catastrophic toll that it had on women in the 1800’s was much more traumatizing than it is today. Robert Shadle and James S. Olson give us a vivid picture of what breast cancer in the 1800’s was like in their essay entitled‚ “Dying of Breast Cancer in the 1800s.” The authors of this incredible essay describe the life of “Nabby” Adams‚ the daughter of John and Abigail Adams. The essay gives us a detailed account
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