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Industrial Revolution And Social Class Essay

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Those who were not middle class but consisted of farmers, land owners, or other craft workers became factory workers during the Industrial Revolution out of necessity, mainly because of the competition between their services and the efficiencies of machines (Col, 1998). Factory workers endured poorer qualities of living, working endless hours and many suffering from malnourishment and injuries from machinery. The Industrial Revolution set the stage for the growing gap between those who belonged to the working class and those who belonged to the middle or upper elite classes.
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