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Social effects of the Industrial Revolution - Coggle Diagram
Social effects of the Industrial Revolution
Positive
Lifestyle
Leisure time
Development of the concept of relaxing and having activities outside of work
Parks; shopping streets; beaches, etc.
Emergence of private life
Growth in literacy and culture
Family and demography
People had more time for their family
Kid's mortality rate dropped and kids were more cared for
Marriage became more of a romantic relationship, rather than an economic one
Formation of public opinion and modernization
People want better policing, prisons, healthcare, etc.
Philosophies about poverty and discussion of problems emerges
Emergence of public organizations
NGOs of all sorts emerge in the social structure
Labor unions
Working class movements
Availability of goods
Access to many different goods, improving the lifestyle of the public
Lack of famine
Availability of medicine and food
The labour market
Consumer revolution
More job opportunities
Opportunities to become wealthy
Division of labor
People now specialized in different parts of the market, and had access to more developed goods
Fixed wages and restriction laws were created
Negative
Urbanization
Hygiene and health
Large cities with large populations and bad conditions
The factories and machines were hazardous to the health of the workers (the factories had terrible conditions)
Workers were of all ages -- child labor was wide spread, despite restriction laws
Society
The norms and traditions were washed down in the large urban centers
Injustices towards the working class
Rural areas went into decline
Labor shortage
Funding and finance shortage
Emerging of new social classes
Industrialists / capitalists
Bourgeoisie
Formed from industrialists marrying dying nobility
Workers / working class
Proleteriat
Also known as middle class
Constant fight between the classes and very highlighted division