Title: Industrial Revolution: Causes, Impact and Overview
Headings: Industrial Revolution: Causes, Impact and Overview
Industrial Revolution: Causes, Impact and Overview
Table of Contents
HOW DID THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION START
The impacts of the Industrial Revolution
IMPACT ON TECHNOLOGY
IMPACT ON ECONOMY
IMPACT ON SOCIETY
IMPACT ON INDIAN SOCIETY
EMERGENCE OF SOCIOLOGY AS A DISCIPLINE
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Content: The increasing urbanization led to a huge rise in the number of people living in cities. As factory owners started getting more concerned about profits they could make, they started paying lesser wages to workers, employed more child labourers and increased the number of work hours. IMPACT ON SOCIETY
The Industrial Revolution had huge social impacts and changed the lives of people everywhere. Major changes happened in the lives of labourers. As the manufacturing units were shifted to huge factories from traditional methods, the workers started experiencing harsh and unsafe working conditions. The increasing use of newly invented machines started posing a threat to the lives of workers. As the profit-seeking owners increased the number of work hours for employees, they, fearful of losing their jobs, continued working with no respect for their health and life needs. More children were started to be employed. Rapid increase in child labour was one of the biggest immediate effect of the industrial revolution. During the 1800s, the workers who were facing such issues started organizing themselves into labour unions and associations, which they thought would be a movement that will help them gain their rights in the workplace.