Title: The Social Impact of the Industrial Revolution | Encyclopedia.com
Headings: The Social Impact of the Industrial Revolution
The Social Impact of the Industrial Revolution
The Social Impact of the Industrial Revolution
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Impact
RICHARD D. FITZGERALD
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Content: This created an expectation of greater profits, which in turn increased the demand for greater material prosperity. This revolution in expectations would both stimulate and focus the drive toward industrialization. The new demand for consumer goods produced the first workshops and factories. Impact
Industrialization increased material wealth, restructured society, and created important new schools of philosophy. The social impact of industrialization was profound. For the first time since the Neolithic Revolution, people worked outside of the local environment of their homes. They arose every morning and traveled to their place of employment. This was most often in a workplace known as a factory. The new machinery of the Industrial Revolution was very large and sometimes required acres of floor space to hold the number of machines needed to keep up with consumer demand. As in all productive revolutions, skill greatly determined the quality of life.