HIS109Y1 Lecture Notes - Deskilling, Tradecraft, Class Consciousness
Document Summary
Before mid-1800s, 1/5 children died before their first birthday, after 1850, that changed (allowing an abundant & youthful workforce for factory employers) New technologies allowed a huge boom in the european population. Larger farms didn"t have enough positions for people surviving during this boom. After 1850, the prospect of famine began to fade (more surplus of food) System of large-scale farming meant that people could hire & fire more often, which drove many people into the cities. Landowners argued this type of farming broke the old cycle & was more beneficial (for the first time, there"s always enough food, & to support a larger pop. ) Fewer hands were needed to work the land, sometimes farmers were forced off their land from competition from larger farmers & enclosure. The change in how people worked was the most important social change of this period. Industrialization produces new groupings based on new criteria (industrial middle class & working class)
