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The Social Effects of the Industrial Revolution
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Vu Tran-Nguyen C03, Katie Payerle Final Paper: [MMW5 - WIN04] 3/11/04 The Social Effects of the Industrial Revolution During the period of 1760-1850, Great Britain experienced a phenomenon that earned it the title "the workshop of the world" (Ward 22). It was an incident characterized by the rise of machine-powered factories, technological advances, an increase in population with a decline of agricultural population, and the expansion of trade. These are the characteristics of the Industrial Revolution, defined by Arnold Toynbee to be the "substitution of competition for the medieval regulation" (Toynbee 1, 58). Adam Smith envisioned it to be an economy free of government interference, driven by forces of competition and the nature of human greed. Smith's ideas were published in the book The Wealth of Nations, and these ideas manifested to produce the characteristics seen by the Industrial Revolution. Therefore, it is implied, if not apparent, that one of the causes that led to...
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