The Social Aspects of the Industrial Revolution

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This paper discusses the Industrial Revolution as it took place in Great Britain. In particular, the paper looks at the impact the Industrial Revolution had on a number of social aspects including fertility rates, familial relationships, social legislation, traditional occupations supplanted by the rise of mechanization, public health, and urban housing.

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"The social aspects of the Industrial Revolution are many. In the interests of brevity, the following paper will focus specifically upon the Industrial Revolution as it took place in Great Britain. In particular, the paper will look at the impact of the Industrial Revolution upon fertility rates, familial relationships, social legislation (especially as it pertained to the urban poor), traditional occupations supplanted by the rise of mechanization, public health, children forced to fend for themselves in a sometimes hostile, industrial environment, and urban housing. With this in mind, it is to a discussion of these issues that this paper now turns."

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