HIST 1007 Chapter : The Industrial Revolution And The West S Great Divergence
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The industrial revolution gives the west a dramatic advantage biggest event since the neolithic revolution (agriculture) "putting out system" - things that are done at home. Preindustrial= was manual labor and prod limited done in winter. No forests needed coal but full of water. Parts of china very similar to,parts of europe. Europe has food buffer in americas (american midwest) Chin dows jn the 19th and 20th centuries. The great divergence - - west goes one way and china goes the other. Harsh conditions 14- 18 hour shifts (6- 7 days a week) Productivity goes up and real wages rise by the late 1800s. Limits on child labor (children alone cheaper to employ the men) Owners fear political instability and grant pay raises. Women and children are prominent in the first years. Working class are people who go to favorite and receive a wage and then go home. West slowly becomes very wealthy in the 19 century.
