Monday, September 14, 2015
Industrial Revolution
It is well known that the Industrial Revolution set the progression of machinery. It enabled faster ways of production and transportation, but at what cost? Schools don't teach you every side of the story because "the winner writes history", but what are the other sides of the Industrial Revolution? According to the book, Sustainability: A History, the amount of work decrease by the thousands, conditions for workers became dangerous, destroyed global eco-systems, caused the extinction of many species, facilitated rampant population growth, and put immense pressure on climate systems. None of these have been featured in any history class I've taken which brings me to wonder, "what was the other side of the industrial revolution like?". I can only imagine that if I was living in that time, I wouldn't have taken this type of change lightly if I understood at least two of the negative impacts. What did the people think of the Industrial Revolution at the time of it happening? Were there people who were against the revolution? What did they think and/or do?
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