1 http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1823cotton.html 2 http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1786machines.html ). What is the goal of these workers? What arguments do they make to support their petition? What is the basic conflict that arose between workers and bosses as a result of industrialism?3 http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1842womenminers.html ) with the one describing the mill girls in Lowell, Massachusetts (http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/robinson-lowell.html ). How did the gender of these workers affect their experiences? What kinds of work did each of these groups of women do? How can you account for the distinctions between the two groups?4 The Philosophy of Manufactures (http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1835ure.html ) admire the British manufacturing industry so much? What benefits does he claim industry offers British society? What, if anything, about this man's arguments is new to industrial society?
