The New Mass Society Of The Nineteenth Century

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owned their own farms or shops had a difficult time adjusting to their new role and social status. Craftsmen were also losing their skill and could not compete with the factory’s cheaper massively produced products.
This division of labor eventually creation of the middle class, As worker began to identify themselves as separate from the upper class factory owner, a new culture developed. This new middle class began to develop his or her own sense of identity and pride.
As the population grew, so grew the housing problems. Housing was difficult to find and often times inadequate. Housing was often times provided by the factories. These "new towns" often had inadequate sanitation and did not have any rules for government. The inadequate sanitation lead to an epidemic outbreak of cholera. Once only affecting the poor, the outbreak reached the middle class, which brought on a new awareness of urban conditions. This new awareness lead in more research in medicine in an effort to ...

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