Essay - We Are Generally Taught in High School That the Industrial...

We are generally taught in high school that the Industrial Revolution was a good thing for humanity, that it has increased both our welf***** and our happiness. And in many ways this is arguably true. In general we live longer now than our ancestors did be*****e the Industrial Revolution, our children are much less likely to die in *****fancy, women are much less likely ***** die giving birth to those children. We can now fight cancer, provide anesthetics, fight infections with antibiotics, replace failing hearts with those taken from other people or with robotics. ***** have the luxuries of refrigeration, quality-controlled pharmacies, municipal codes ***** prohibit the burning of noxious substances and ensure that homes ***** other buildings meet minimal safety standards, ***** children have the luxury of attending school into adulthood so ***** *****y learn good habits and understand the basics ***** human health.

***** yet, of course, the ***** Revolution also ***** also brought up about a number ***** health problems that ***** tend to overlook in the midst of so ***** signs ***** obvious improvement in the standard of living. This paper examines ***** mixed ***** inheritance that is ours from the process of industrialization that occurred from roughly the beginning to the middle of the 19th century.

Before proceeding further to look at the particular topic that th***** paper is focusing on, it may be well useful to make some general comments ***** the Industrial ***** ***** not, as it is ********** portrayed, a single event. R*****ther, it is a term used to describe the shift, at different times and in different ways in different parts of the world, from trad*****ional agricultural and/or pastoral based economies to an economic system based on ***** mechanized producti***** of manufactured goods ***** large-scale enterprises. The Industrial Revolution is the ***** ***** ***** farm to the factory, from ***** labor to the work ***** machines. Although there were certainly unfortunate aspects of this change, which we shall be discussing here, it is important to remem*****r that overall it was a time ***** beneficial change for humanity. ***** *****s ***** about by the Industrial ***** have meant increased life spans, lower infant mortality, better medicines, safer workplaces, cleaner water, less famine and more le*****ure and ***** things to do with that leisure time. These benefits have become even more clear as ***** ravages of early-stage industrialization have been in some me*****ure abated by our move *****to late industrialization.

The major problems associated with the Industrial Revolution are the social upheaval it caused, but this is a fact of any substantial social change ***** one can imagined ***** the same thing happened when people shifted ***** being nomads and settled down to farm. Change ***** always difficult on such a l*****rge scale. In the end, the Industrial Revolution was most beneficial to ***** ***** whom ***** first affected most heavily - the poor worker. While there was never (and would ***** be) enough land under *****ism ***** provide every peasant ***** *****