SOSC 1731 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Industrial Revolution, Social Stratification, Online Chat

• School: York University
• Department: Social Science
• Course: SOSC 1731
• Professor: Lewis Code

Document Summary

Part 2: the industrial revolution and technological change. Industrial revolution was an event that took place over an extended period of time and not all places went through the industrial revolution at the same time. The preconditions of the industrial revolution: population with modern attitudes towards work: to create the combination of factory work and urban life required, one needed a population no longer tied to the land and specific places. Many technical advances required (a) multiple copies of (b) mechanically reproduced technical texts and diagrams that were (c) comparatively inexpensive. Video #1: eli whitney made the cotton machine, rivers provided sources of water power, new england has many fine sea ports, ppl who were rich would invest in factories, wages for children in textile factories were very low. The three essential technological elements of the industrial revolution: power/energy, communications, transportation.