Title: The Effects of Urbanization During the Industrial Revolution - Historyplex
Headings: The Effects of Urbanization During the Industrial Revolution
The Effects of Urbanization During the Industrial Revolution
What is Urbanization?
What Happened During the Industrial Revolution?
Effects of Urbanization
Class Divide
Gradual Decline in Standard of Living
Change in Family Structure
Catalyst for Socialist Revolution
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Content: Catalyst for Socialist Revolution
Due to urbanization, people who followed different cultures and traditions came together to live in the cities. With time, their cultural values began to fade. They felt a need to associate themselves with something they could identify with. It was this need of the people who worked in factories, which the trade unions seemed to take advantage of. The working classes were at the mercy of the factory owners. They were forced to work in unsafe working conditions for long hours with minimum wages. Impersonalized city environment, combined with the dehumanizing working atmosphere, and the division within various sections of the society; all in a way were responsible for the socialist revolution, all around the world. Though urbanization had many ill effects on the society, it had certain positive outcomes as well. It was this large-scale migration of people to the cities that forced the government (s) to device policies that would take care of them.