Traditions and Encounters, 4th Edition (Bentley)

Chapter 30: THE MAKING OF INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY

Essay Quiz

1
Compare the conditions for workers under the putting-out system with the working conditions in the factory system. Which system would be preferable to most workers? Who benefits from the new system of labor?
2
What were living conditions like in the industrial cities of the late nineteenth century? What systems and agencies needed to be developed to address some of these problems?
3
What was Karl Marx's criticism of industrial capitalism? What solutions did he envision? How well did he foresee the evolution of industrial society? Did his predictions come to pass?
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