Industrial Revolution
Historical Significance of the Industrial
Revolution
• An ancient Greek or Roman & Europe in 1700 = basically
the same life as pre-Industrialization
• agriculture and technology were not much changed in 2000+
years
• The Industrial Revolution changed human life drastically
• More was created in the last 250+ years of history than in
the previous 2500+ years
What was the Industrial Revolution?
•fundamental change
• way goods were produced
• human labor  machines
•The more efficient means of production and
subsequent higher levels of production triggered
far-reaching changes to industrialized societies
The Factory
System
Rigid schedule.
12-14 hour day.
Dangerous conditions.
Mind-numbing monotony.
Textile Factory
Workers in England
Young “Bobbin-Doffers”
John Kay’s “Flying
Shuttle”
The Power Loom
James Watt’s Steam Engine
Steam Tractor
Steam Ship
An Early Steam Locomotive
Later Locomotives
The Impact of the Railroad
Crystal Palace Exhibition: 1851
Exhibitions of the new industrial utopia.
Crystal Palace:
British Ingenuity on Display
19c Bourgeoisie:
The Industrial
Nouveau Riche
Criticism of the New
Bourgeoisie
Stereotype of the
Factory Owner
“Upstairs”/“Downstai
rs” Life
This is one of the
things we love about
Downton Abbey. It
shows the life above
stairs and below
stairs.
Factory Wages in Lancashire, 1830
Age of Worker Male Wages Female Wages
under 11 2s 3d. 2s. 4d.
11 - 16 4s. 1d. 4s. 3d.
17 - 21 10s. 2d. 7s. 3d.
22 - 26 17s. 2d. 8s. 5d.
27 - 31 20s. 4d. 8s. 7d.
32 - 36 22s. 8d. 8s. 9d.
37 - 41 21s. 7d. 9s. 8d.
42 - 46 20s. 3d. 9s. 3d.
47 - 51 16s. 7d. 8s. 10d.
52 - 56 16s. 4d. 8s. 4d.
57 - 61 13s. 6d. 6s. 4d.
What do you
notice?
Industrial
Staffordshire
Problems of
Pollution
The Silent Highwayman - 1858
The New Industrial
City
Early-19c London
by Gustave Dore
Worker Housing in
Manchester
Factory Workers at Home
This picture tells us many
things about the “have nots”
in the Industrial Age
1. How many people are in
this room?
2. What are they doing?
3. Is this what people usually
do at home?
4. Why would they be doing
this at home, after hours?
Workers Housing in
Newcastle Today
Have conditions changed
much for the working
class today?
The Socialists:
Utopians & Marxists
 People as a society should operate and own the means of
production, not individuals.
 Their goal was a society that benefited everyone, not just a
rich, well-connected few.
 Tried to build perfect communities [utopias].
Industrialization By
1850
Railroads on the
Continent
Art of the Industrial Revolution Era
Cultural Impact: Romanticism
The Romantics
glorified the divine
power of nature as a
reaction to the
Industrial
Revolution’s
achievement of
controlling nature
through technology.
Cultural Impact: The Visual Arts
French artist Honore
Daumier painted the
poor and working
classes. In Third-Class
Carriage (shown
here), he illustrates
with great compassion
a group of people on a
train journey.
Romanticism
• Reaction to the Enlightenment
• Writers = combined history, legend, folklore
• Music & art – emphasized feelings
Realism
• Represent the world as it was,
not idealistic
• Often portrayed the poor and
their struggles
Impressionism
• The first “impression” of a scene from the viewer’s
perspective
J.M.W. Turner
The Fighting “Temeraire”
Cultural Impact: The Visual Arts

WorldHist- Industrial revolution (Ch.18)

Editor's Notes

  • #20 Textile IndustrialistsRailroad and Shipping IndustriesSteal, Oil Industrialists Bankers
  • #21 The Upperclass who were rich because of their family bloodlines looked down on the new money. Most of the upperclass were land rich and cash poor. The newly rich were cash rich and land poor. Also the working class would look at the newly rich with hatred because they were the ones working so hard in the factories to make the newly rich their money.
  • #25 Men got paid TWICE as much as women did for the same amount of work.
  • #26 What’s SAD is that if this picture would have been taken with color film, it still would look just as gray and colorless.
  • #31 1. 9 people are in this one room2. They are working3. No usually work is done when you go home4. They need to work overtime to make ends meet.