While the middle class was born in the late Middle Ages‚ it exploded during the Industrial Revolution as massive numbers of workers entered the industrial factory system. The middle class exited on a spectrum between the lower end (consisting of small shopkeepers) and the higher end (consisting of capitalists who owned companies)‚ All were united by several desires and beliefs—an open expanding economy was ideal‚ prosperity was the loftiest ambition‚ competition was beneficial‚ and the success of
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to the miners and their families would need (Trueman). The places they moved were not much better for the families there. Working in mines and factories were unsanitary for anyone to be working in because hygiene was not that important during the Industrial Revolution. Smoke would be everywhere surrounding the factories and not healthy for workers (Trinder 609). The health of people were bad because when they worked with cotton thread was usually damp combined with warm conditions. Going straight out
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The enlightenment was during the time period between the seventeenth and eighteenth century. Intellectuals were finally dared to know using their intelligence. This period can be characterized as a time when individuals exercised powers of human reason‚ reconstruction of government free from absolute control‚ different religions were tolerated‚ and an interest in science from the Scientific Revolution era. People were finally able to make their own decisions through key terms of reason‚ natural
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Sofia Bambina Mrs. Sather Western Civilization 300 May 2024 Child Labor during the Industrial Revolution The Industrial Revolution took place from 1760 to 1840‚ reaching all areas of the globe. First starting in Great Britain‚ then spreading to the rest of Europe‚ and finally westward to the United States‚ this 80-year period modernized the globe through advancements in technology‚ production‚ urbanization‚ and economics. As a result‚ the workforce was forever altered. With a significant change in
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During the Industrial Revolution‚ many children regardless of age were used for their labor. “Although children had been servants and apprentices throughout most of human history‚ child labor reached new extremes during the Industrial Revolution” . This worsened as more groups began to migrate to America. Children faced unfair and unhealthy working conditions‚ often having to neglect their education to make money with their families and being paid less than adults. With the turn of the 20th century
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Since the turn of the new century‚ newspapers have always been the main source of our news. For years‚ it started the day for millions. Along with a cup of coffee‚ maybe even some breakfast‚ the arrival of the morning paper meant the beginning to the daily grind. Nowadays the evening paper is long extinct‚ especially in large cities. With Internet so available to the masses and‚ for the most part‚ providing free news‚ the newspaper is no longer a necessity. The newspaper becoming extinct is beneficial
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1. Enlightenment Setting a. The Enlightenment is a combination of the Renaissance and the Scientific Revolution‚ marked with a sense of less spirituality and more secularism. i. Less spirituality‚ more secularism. ii. During this time‚ people questioned authority more than ever before. People wanted equality – or at least semi-equality – where the masses weren’t dirt-poor and the middle class totally unobtainable. iii. Not only were more people learned (thanks to the printing press in the Renaissance)
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chains of fixed philosophies. Immanuel Kant’s question ‘What is Enlightenment?’ proposed the answer by evaluating the true definition hidden underneath freedom‚ and linked it with human maturity by foretelling how progression of humanity would be developed based on freedom. Kant was successful in foreshadowing that human advancement will be immensely affected
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Marketing practioners and academics have tended to concentrate on the more conspicuous aspects of marketing. It is now recognized that PDM is a critical area of overall marketing management. Much of its expertise is borrowed from the military practice. During the Second World War and the Korean and Vietnam wars‚ supplies officers had to perform extra ordinary feats of PDM‚ in terms of food‚ clothing‚ ammunition‚ weapons and a whole range of support equipment having to be transported across the world. The
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17—The Age of Enlightenment: Eighteenth Century Thought Chapter Overview: The Enlightenment is a movement of people and ideas that fostered the expansion of literate sectors of European society and that economic improvement and political reform were both possible and desirable. Contemporary western political and economic thought is a product of Enlightenment thinking; therefore‚ some historians believe the process of Enlightenment continues today. Inspired by the scientific revolution and prepared
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