- Describe how the shift to the factory system applied stress on traditional society. (Ajay)
- In preindustrial families, all the members would work as one unit.
- When economic production as moved outside of the home it created a schism between home life and work life.
- During the early years of industrialization, family economies persisted as family members pooled their wages.
- Eventually, family members would work by themselves for up to 14 hours a day; this led to family members began leading separate lives.
- Work hours were no longer determined by the seasons, but by clocks.
- Men gained increased prestige at home due to them being the primary earners.
- Men would flock to baseball games and take “Holy Monday” off to extend their weekend.
- Women had to leave their child to go to their factory job far away.
- · It encouraged the disappearance of slavery
- · Brought in new social classes (rich businessmen, middle class workers, laborers)
- · Women felt the need to step up at home
- · Many women started to work as domestic servants