Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Notes on industrial revolution

Went from an Agrarian society to industrial society. From agriculture to industry. Factories make production faster. Apprentices were paid on how much they produced by hand. Factories pushed apprenticeship out the window. Pay was no longer based around how much we make but how long we work hourly. Men were the ones working, but the women and children began to work in factories as well. You could pay children and women less. There was an advancement of technology.

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