Chapter 18: Revolutions of industrialization 1750-1914

Next in line was the Industrial revolution, fourth of the many of existing revolutions and more to come. The first Industrial revolution took place in Europe and was a time period that brought new ways of mass-producing items. The revolutions exchanged the hand making process to new machines that produced items in a much faster, more unique way. There were changes in "agriculture, textile, and manufacturing, transportation,  economic policies, and social structure". This chapter takes each continent and explains just how each individual contributed to the new technologies. The Industrial revolution was the cause of the European transformation. What did people think about all of the new ideas? Ghandi refers to industrialization as a curse for mankind. I can't see why Ghandi would think this to be true.  I believe that the industrial revolution brought many positive outcomes as well as horrible situations to society, as it allowed for the congestion of over populated cities to decongest, but also created sweat jobs where children were being forced to work.  The possibilities increased as jobs were being created for many who were uneducated. Although this sounds like a great opportunity, it wasnt so great for the children who were forced to work long hours in terrible conditions. These little workers were oftened beat on the job and had no rights what so ever. While the Industrial revolution brought many technologies and opportunites, it also brought hurt to its people, both physically and mentally.