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Industrial England: "Workshop of the World"

Industrial England: "Workshop of the World". That Nation of Shopkeepers! -- Napoleon. Crystal Palace - 1851. Exhibitions of the new industrial utopia. Crystal Palace: British Ingenuity on Display. Why Did Industrialization Begin in England First?. The Enclosure Movement.

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Industrial England: "Workshop of the World"

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  1. Industrial England: "Workshop of the World" That Nation of Shopkeepers! -- Napoleon

  2. Crystal Palace - 1851 Exhibitions of the new industrial utopia.

  3. Crystal Palace:British Ingenuity on Display

  4. Why Did Industrialization Begin in England First?

  5. The Enclosure Movement

  6. Metals, Woolens, & Canals

  7. Early Canals Britain’s Earliest Transportation Infrastructure

  8. Mine & Forge [1840-1880] • More powerful than water is coal. • More powerful than wood is iron. • Innovations make steel feasible.*“Puddling” [1820] – “pig iron.”* “Hot blast” [1829] – cheaper, purer steel.*Bessemer process [1856] – strong, flexible steel.

  9. Coalfields & Industrial Areas

  10. Coal Mining in Britain:1800-1914

  11. Young Coal Miners

  12. Child Labor in the Mines Child “hurriers”

  13. British Pig Iron Production

  14. Richard Arkwright:“Pioneer of the Factory System” The “Water Frame”

  15. Factory Production • Concentrates production in one place [materials, labor]. • Located near sources of power [rather than labor or markets]. • Requires a lot of capital investment [factory, machines, etc.] more than skilled labor. • Only 10% of English industry in 1850.

  16. Textile FactoryWorkers in England

  17. The Factory System • Rigid schedule. • 12-14 hour day. • Dangerous conditions. • Mind-numbing monotony.

  18. Textile FactoryWorkers in England

  19. Young “Bobbin-Doffers”

  20. Comparative Weight of Factory & Non-Factory Children [in lbs.]

  21. New Inventions of the Industrial Revolution

  22. John Kay’s “Flying Shuttle”

  23. The Power Loom

  24. James Watt’s Steam Engine

  25. Steam Tractor

  26. Steam Ship

  27. An Early Steam Locomotive

  28. Later Locomotives

  29. The Impact of the Railroad

  30. The "Haves": Bourgeois Life Thrived on the Luxuries of the Industrial Revolution

  31. 19c Bourgeoisie: The Industrial Nouveau Riche

  32. Criticism of the New Bourgeoisie

  33. Stereotype of the Factory Owner

  34. “Upstairs” / “Downstairs”

  35. Factory Wages in Lancashire, 1830

  36. The "Have-Nots": The Poor, The Over-Worked, & the Destitute

  37. An English Mill Town

  38. Industrial Staffordshire

  39. The New Industrial City

  40. Early-19c Londonby Gustave Dore

  41. Workers Housing in Newcastle

  42. Private Charities: The “Lady Bountifuls”

  43. The New Urban Poor

  44. Private Charities: Soup Kitchens

  45. Protests / Reformers

  46. The Luddites: 1811-1816 Attacks on the “frames” [power looms]. Ned Ludd [a mythical figure supposed to live in Sherwood Forest]

  47. The Luddite Triangle

  48. The Luddites

  49. Peterloo Massacre, 1819:British Soldiers Fire on Br. Workers! Painted by George Cruickshank

  50. The Chartists

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