HIST-210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Wage Labour, Proletariat, Bourgeoisie
25 Jan 2019
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Industrial revolution: bourgeoisie and proletariat, new forms of production developed gradually in late 18th century. Local merchants distributed merchants and collecting ready products. Usually all of this production was taken place during the winter months. Families were working together in their own fields during the summer. Large factories created: 1780-1830, earliest years of the industrial revolution. Majority of the people in britain at the time are not industrial workers and still work in the countryside or as servants, etc. 100,000 worked in the spinning mills in 1815; 200,000 in 1830 (50%-women, 13-15% children). Changes in family model: wage labour destroyed dependence on parents. In the village, the elders usually decided who to marry. Young people moving into the cities and making their own money. Losing a connection with their families/villages with independence in the city. Hard for men to find jobs but everyone could work. Living and working conditions: growth of towns and cities.
