AMH 2010 Lecture Notes - Industrial Revolution, General Idea
5 Nov 2013
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Until a city could feed itself they couldn"t have factories. Northeast: led the way in industrial revolution: had a lot of people cheap workforce. Factories: raw material went in one end and out came solid goods. Fast moving rivers and streams thanks to rock hilly terrain in ne: provided good source of water power. First product made was textiles thanks to cotton from the south. You could convince farmers to grow cotton so they can make money. General idea: what happened on farms shaped cities and vice versa. Factory owners looked to young girls to work. Owners sold parents the dream of a chaste young girl. Parents would no longer have to feed the kids and assumably get daughters paycheck. Factories allowed for the realization of materialism: more! More: standard of living improved, meanwhile inequality grew as well. Richest 10% of a city owned 50% of the wealth eventually would grow to owning 80% of the wealth.
