WOH 2001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: The Communist Manifesto, Friedrich Engels, Enclosure
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The industrial revolution: began in britain, (cid:883)7(cid:882)(cid:882)"s-(cid:883)9(cid:882)(cid:882)"s, steam engine coal is fuel, electricity, fossil fuels. Karl marx: socialist, thought that industrial capitalism was unstable and was doomed to collapse and that a socialist society would be born from that. The communist manifesto: piece of writing by marx and friedrich engels. The labour party (great britain: working class political party, advocated a reformist program, and a peaceful democratic transition to socialism, rejected class struggle and revolutionary emphasis. Why did the industrial revolution occur first in europe? governments: governments encouraged commerce and innovation, merchants gained freedom from state control, western european societies supported private commerce, created a global network, competition from asian goods. How did the industrial revolution transform british society: 3 classes of industrial britain. How did the industrial revolution affect: the british aristocracy. Still declined to businessmen, manufacturers, and bankers. The empire provided a cushion for a declining class: the middle classes. Favored constitutional government: the laboring classes.
