What is impact of industrialisation on …

Industrialization was a phase during which complex new tools developed and brought drastic changes in the society. Industrialization had less of positive and more of negative impacts on the lives of the workers. The only positive impact that industrialisation had on the lives of the people was that it provided people with employment.

The Negative impacts of Industrialisation are:

1}Abundance of labor: As the news of employment spread in the rural areas thousands of workers moved to towns and cities. As a result of this the actual possibility of getting employed now depended upon social links. Any person who had his/her relatives working in the factories had a better chance of getting employed than other people.

2}Seasonality of Work: In many industries the work was seasonal, hence when the working season was over people had to again start looking for work. Many people moved back to rural areas as employment opportunities opened up while many stayed and looked for odd jobs.

3}Housing Problem:Many of the people had to sleep under the bridges while many stayed at night refugees.

4}High Prices of Goods: There was an increase in the wages of the workers. But, this increase in wages was met by an increase in the prices of goods as well thus making it difficult for poor people to manage their basic facilities

5}Fear Of Unemployment: Fear of unemployment made people hostile towards the new machines.

Example: Women in the weaving industry attacked the spinning jenny...