Great Britain dominated the textile industry in C18. They had the rights to machinery and they didn’t allow other countries to produce it. People around the world working in this industry were stuck using the old hand loom. It was only during the time of Samuel Slater who created the first commercially functioning cotton mill in Slatersville, Rhode Island. This was the start of the industrial revolution. At this time, development on machines to replace the working people was high. Although these inventions were being created, many people suffered job loss. Moreover, people in factories were working in poor conditions. Employers would treat these people like disposable machines. They could only take so much. This caused people to rebel against the status quo. It is because of the developments in this age that we have improved textile machines. From the hands of these workers we have been able to refine the machines incrementally to produce the most efficient machines that we have in our modern era. We must therefore be grateful for those that have come before us who have contributed to the development of our industry. Not only should we be thanking those who owned the means of production but each and every worker as well, for if it was not for them, those who owned the means of production would have not had the technical knowledge to improve our textile machines. It is important to know that we are all valuable and we all provide our part to the, “Great Work”.
Wednesday, 27 November 2019
SOCIAL: THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY, HOW IT STARTED
Great Britain dominated the textile industry in C18. They had the rights to machinery and they didn’t allow other countries to produce it. People around the world working in this industry were stuck using the old hand loom. It was only during the time of Samuel Slater who created the first commercially functioning cotton mill in Slatersville, Rhode Island. This was the start of the industrial revolution. At this time, development on machines to replace the working people was high. Although these inventions were being created, many people suffered job loss. Moreover, people in factories were working in poor conditions. Employers would treat these people like disposable machines. They could only take so much. This caused people to rebel against the status quo. It is because of the developments in this age that we have improved textile machines. From the hands of these workers we have been able to refine the machines incrementally to produce the most efficient machines that we have in our modern era. We must therefore be grateful for those that have come before us who have contributed to the development of our industry. Not only should we be thanking those who owned the means of production but each and every worker as well, for if it was not for them, those who owned the means of production would have not had the technical knowledge to improve our textile machines. It is important to know that we are all valuable and we all provide our part to the, “Great Work”.
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