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Factories, Cities, and Families in the Industrial Age

Explore the impact of the Industrial Revolution (1780-1850) on factories, urban life, and family dynamics. Learn about key inventions, societal changes, and challenges faced by different social classes during this transformative period.

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Factories, Cities, and Families in the Industrial Age

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  1. 17 Factories, Cities, and Families in the Industrial Age The Industrial Revolution, 1780–1850

  2. timeline

  3. The Industrial Revolution Begins • Why the West and Not the East • The West’s booming commerce

  4. The Industrial Revolution Begins • Britain’s Unique Set of Advantages • Commercial vigor • Transportation • Raw materials • Labor • Capital • Entrepreneurship

  5. The Industrial Revolution Begins • A Revolution in Agriculture

  6. New Markets, Machines, and Power • The Rising Demand for Goods • Inventors and entrepreneurs

  7. New Markets, Machines, and Power • Cotton Leads the Way • Weaving and spinning

  8. New Markets, Machines, and Power • Iron: New Processes Transform Production • Smelting with coal

  9. New Markets, Machines, and Power • The Steam Engine and the Factory System

  10. New Markets, Machines, and Power • Coal: Fueling the Revolution

  11. New Markets, Machines, and Power • Railroads: Carrying Industrialization Across the Land • Effects of the railroad

  12. New Markets, Machines, and Power • Britain’s Triumph: The Crystal Palace Exhibition

  13. Industrialization Spreads to the Continent • Governmental aid • Remaining traditional economies

  14. Key Dates The Industrial Revolution

  15. Balancing the Benefits and Burdens of Industrialization • The Middle Class • New wealth • Population growth

  16. Balancing the Benefits and Burdens of Industrialization • The Working Classes • Factory labor • Insecurity • Risks of injury • Lifestyle changes

  17. Photo credit:  New York Public Library

  18. Balancing the Benefits and Burdens of Industrialization • Developing a Working-Class Consciousness • Workers’ organizations • Luddism

  19. Life in the Growing Cities • Urban growth • The Promise and Pitfalls of Work in the Cities

  20. Life in the Growing Cities • Living With Urban Growth • Environmental changes • Different neighborhoods

  21. Photo credit:  Print Collection, Miriam & Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints, & Photographs, New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundation

  22. Life in the Growing Cities • Worrying About Urban Society: Rising Crime • Crime and law enforcement

  23. Public Health and Medicine in the Industrial Age • The Danger of Disease • Causes of disease

  24. Public Health and Medicine in the Industrial Age • Seeking Medical Care • Doctors • Alternative medicine • Surgery

  25. Public Health and Medicine in the Industrial Age • Promising Developments for Public Health • New developments in medicine

  26. Family Ideals and Realities • Middle-Class Ideals: Affection, Children, and Privacy • Marriage • Family size • Children • The home

  27. Family Ideals and Realities • Separate Spheres: Changing Roles for Middle-Class Women and Men • The man’s sphere • The woman’s domestic sphere • Middle-class success

  28. Family Ideals and Realities • Biography: The Cadburys • A Rising Middle-Class Family

  29. Photo credit:  Cadbury, Ltd

  30. Family Ideals and Realities • Working-Class Realities • Women workers

  31. Family Ideals and Realities • Prostitution

  32. Family Ideals and Realities • Stress and Survival in the Working Classes

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