The Industrial Revolution

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The paper describes the Industrial Revolution as a particularly important period in human history with more changes in the manner in which goods were produced occurring between 1750 and 1850, than in all of human history prior to that time. The paper explains that in terms of its social impact, the main significance of the Industrial Revolution lay in its transformation of the nature and effects of work on labourers throughout Britain and later in Europe. This essay compares and contrasts the working conditions of the pre-industrial and industrial periods. The paper presents the thesis that the Industrial Revolution had a negative social impact upon working conditions.

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"The Industrial Revolution was a particularly important period in human history, with more changes in the manner in which goods were produced occurring between 1750 and 1850 than in all of human history prior to that time. In terms of its social impact, the main significance of the Industrial Revolution lay in its transformation of the nature and effects of work on laborers throughout Britain and later in Europe. This essay will compare and contrast the working conditions of the pre-industrial and industrial periods."

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