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and Social Change” to further the explanation of how economic and social aspects were dealt with. The works cited raise many questions as to how economic and social aspects affected the Industrial Revolution. Why did industrialization occur first in England and how did it differ from areas that were relatively advanced economically? The most popular area of interest however, was the effect The Industrial Revolution had on the working class directly. What were the conditions like in factories? How did industrialization affect the overall lifestyle of these people? Did the standard of living improve or diminish as a result of the Industrial Revolution? These are just some of the questions I will address using the eight or more categories of analysis in this paper. These questions also contribute to the whole underlying theme of chapter 22 as to how Industrialization affected the social classes, especially the working class as well as future centuries.
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growth in some places was explosive. Through a few facts and statistics the reader learns London grew from 200,000 to 1.4 million in half a century. By 1851 Britain was the first country to have as many people living in cities as well as in the countryside.
The next question the reader asks is as to whether a higher standard of living resulted for factory workers and how did it affect them directly. This is one of the most persistent debates over the Industrial Revolution. Some historians rely primarily on statistical evidence such as wage rates, prices, and mortality rates that the early period factory workers experienced a rising standard of living. Other historians emphasize data such ...

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