HIST 1080 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Lucy Larcom, Lowell Mill Girls, Western Settlement

• School: York University
• Department: History
• Course: HIST 1080
• Professor: Molly Ladd- Taylor

Document Summary

Childhood and the rise of the middle class. Shift from economically useful child to emotional priceless child. Industrialization depended on the labour of children, but it generated opposition to child labour and support for protections for working-class children. Industrialization and the development of the middle class depends on the labour of children. Children earning are central to the family economy. Worki(cid:374)g (cid:272)lass fa(cid:373)ilies (cid:272)a(cid:374)"t get (cid:271)y (cid:449)ithout the la(cid:271)our (cid:449)ithout their (cid:272)hildre(cid:374) (cid:894)at ho(cid:373)e a(cid:374)d (cid:449)ork(cid:895) Generated opposition to child labour and support to working class protection. Industrialization gave rise to the middle class and the idea of protected home and childhood. Preindustrial society: goods produced by family (european origin) in the him (dad- authority) Every member of the family was expected to be economically useful, work together. Industrial society: working-(cid:272)lass fa(cid:373)ilies depe(cid:374)d o(cid:374) e(cid:448)eryo(cid:374)e"s e(cid:272)o(cid:374)o(cid:373)i(cid:272) (cid:272)o(cid:374)tri(cid:271)utio(cid:374), (cid:271)ut employers wield power. Fa(cid:373)ily still depe(cid:374)ds of e(cid:448)eryo(cid:374)e"s e(cid:272)o(cid:374)o(cid:373)i(cid:272) (cid:272)o(cid:374)tri(cid:271)utio(cid:374)