Nice article. I am quite confused over the relationship between jobs and having children and women to work for excessive hours.
You mentioned that overpopulation led to too few jobs for too many people. Then how does it lead to people working for such long hours and for such low wages. This is because as quantity supply decreases, the price equilibrium should translate vertically. Based on this logic, it would eliminate the need for children to work. Moreover, it would result in pauperization which you have mentioned along with Karl Marx’s comment on it at the end.
I may be missing something, so kindly correct me and explain if I’m wrong.
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Comment on Kessler “McCellan – Industrial Revolution” by qasim
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I’d differ at the point you made where you said, “However with these negative conditions came a workforce that was very productive. ” One of the commentators mentioned that such kind of abuse leads to child labor. On that note, drawing a similar connection to the Ancient Greek civilization where the Greeks failed to be more efficient and optimize their tasks due to the presence of slaves.
So, do you think that if children and workers were given a better treatment, yet made them aware of the opportunities that lay ahead, factories would have become more efficient than the measured output?
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Powerful article. Really liked the correlation made with the railroad industry in social lives of people. Do you think that if the railroad industry had not occurred the way it did, would other industries such as the telephone, steel, and coal industri…
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Detailed and clear exposition, Rae. Thanks. RH
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Comment on Kessler “McCellan – Industrial Revolution” by rbouldin
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It is very interesting to think of the ideology of society at the time surrounding the industrial revolution as shifting from survival to efficiency, and the consequences that that would bring. Thank you for sharing!
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Comment on Pottery in Antiquity by jwill0620
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Rae,
This is an excellent post. I have always been intrigued by the stories that different styles of pottery can tell. Pottery spans across a variety of very different cultures and it is important for us to remember that it does not only originate from…
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Comment on Langer – The Social Question by mjlyman
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It is sad that so many women and children had to work but for so much less money. The skilled people all were able to live comfortably, but they unskilled workers really struggled. This is something that we could see in the next 10-20 years as more a…
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Comment on Kailey Deane – Chapter 7 Gimpel’s “The Medieval Machine”: The Mechanical Clock by samarion
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Great summary about this chapter! All of the different components that make up a clock are often times overlooked and it was good to see them discussed and researched in detail.
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Comment on Galileo and Perspective on Machines by samarion
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Abbi,
This information about Galileo was very interesting to me as I had been curious about when the switch between a function focused society and component focused society happened.