EUH 2001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Interchangeable Parts, Luddite, Friedrich Engels
29 May 2017
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Chapter 20: revolution in energy and industry, c. 1780-1850. Pretty much everywhere was at most 50 miles away from a waterway, so it wasn"t difficult to transport goods. Textiles: spinning jenny water frame spinning mill, power looms. Power: animal, human, water, wind power, steam power 1769 watt, electric power 1882 britain, us edison, internal combustion engine 1876 fr, ge otto. Factory system: interchangeable parts (identical, division of labor, hourly wages (regular hours, assembly lines britain 1803. New patterns of working and living: how did work evolve during the industrial. Early factory work: destitute and displaced farm workers and orphans, as more workers came in, the conditions got worse and worse. Working families: paid as a unit. Factory acts 1802-33: limited child labor reduced hours, hygiene and safety (inspected, standardization reduced child labor. Sexual divison of labor: married women worked less. Childcare, household duties: women were paid less, unskilled jobs.
