Effects of Industrialization and the Conditions of the Working Class in

Effects of Industrialization and the Conditions of the Working Class in England In the middle of the nineteenth century the industrial revolution was flourishing in England. With all of the advancements in machinery there would be new opportunities and drawbacks for citizens. Many would furnish their lives on the farms and work in factories with unsafe settings. Karl Marx felt that the new advancements in society were able to support the fourth stage of human development, Communism. on with these new advancements the bulk would have to learn how to self-govern themselves in the workplace and study their new responsibilities. England possessed the right settings for the autonomous operation of the economic forces that generated industrialization. sooner the industrial revolution England was mainly an agrarian society. Then there was a radical change that moved the citizens from farms and into cities. With the large rise in Englands population there was also a larger demand for goods. in that location was a necessity for quicker and more efficient methods of producing those goods. During the beginning of the 19th century there was a large push of inventions to help wee a more mechanical society. By 1848, when the Communist Manifesto was written, machinery had already been assimilated into society.1 The industrial revolution made transportation, commerce, and communication more accessible to the masses. Britain already had many navigable rivers and also utilized the inventions from the revolution to improve take down more.2 One of the biggest contributions to those was that of the steam engine. This invention was the first automatic machine that allowed people to work uninterrupted for longer periods of time, ... ...k Longman, 1985),3,32.2. Kevin Kitano and Anthony Morejon, Essay on the Industrial Revolution, 2 November 1997, <http//members.aol.com/mhirotsu/essay.htm (23 October 2001).3. Sidney Pollard, Peaceful conquest th e industrialization of Europe, 1760-1970 (New York Oxford University Press, 1981),22.4. Donald L. Donham, Studies in Marxism and Social Theology History, Power, political orientation (Cambridge Cambridge University Press, 1990), 60-61.5. Kevin Kitano and Anthony Morejon.6. Karl Marx, Manifesto of the Communist Party.7. Pollard,27.8. Kemp,5.9. Kevin Kitano and Anthony Morejon.Linkshttp//www.neo-tech.com/businessmen/part6.htmlhttp//www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1981/2/81.02.06.x.htmlhttp//www.wsu.edu8080/dee/ENLIGHT/INDUSTRY.HTMhttp//members.aol.com/mhirotsu/kevin/trip2.html