Industrialization - Economic Change and Effect :: European Europe History

Industrialization - Economic Change and EffectSince the 19th century, industrialization has had positive and negative makes on the live of workers. Industrialization is the answer of modernization and mass production of most goods. This also includes but not limited to mining and the forging of iron. An area where industrialization had a massive effect was in Eastern Europe. It emerged as a need to modernize and unify Europe. Although Britain led industrialization at first, it quickly exploded from Spain all the way done Russia. Early in the industrial revolution Britain stood alone as the worlds industrial giant. To protect its head start Britain smudged strict laws monitoring the exportation of inventions. accordingly in 1807 a British mechanic William Cockerill, opened factories in Belgium for the manufacturing of spinning and weaving machines. Belgium thus became the first European nation to industrialize. By the mid 1800s, opposite nations had joined the race, and several newcomers were challenging Britains industrial supremacy. The effects of industrialization were especially obvious in Germany. By the late 1800s Germany had setup a standard for chemic and electric companies worldwide. Germany was second only to Britain among the European powers. Germany spectacular growth was due to the ample amount of iron and coal resources in the area. A disciplined and ameliorate work force also helped the economy, while a rapid growing population provided a huge home market and a highly consummate work force. It almost eliminated the poverty factor in Germany due to the vast availability of employment. But along with the attributions of industrialization also came the bad. Poor work place conditions lead to work place abuses. Workers were forced to work long hours for little pay and even children were abuses during this time. Some of the abuses were children as young as 7 could be seen in work places, sexual discrimination was present. Women were often hire d in factories because they could be paid less then men. And pollution was also a sound problem. These were among the most common problems of the time and these were too often seen in most if not all the work places. Workers were outraged by these abuses and how the government, at the time, did nothing to help. Workers ceremonious unions and won the right to bargain with employers for better wages and hours. And eventually the government passed laws regulating the employment of children and set safety regulations in the work place.