Fundamental Shifts in Social Structure.pptVIP

Fundamental Shifts in Social Structure By 簡怡萱 吳雨柔 鍾宜靜 劉宜玫 曾鈺倩 triumph of the middle class Urbanization Factory--mechanization of cotton spinning and other industries were in need of large work force Enclosure laws drove farmers off of land, who then flocked to the cities for livelihood Women and children at work Mechanization lightened need for physical force Employing women and children: lower pay, better control, driving down wages for men Women’s income raises their economic status in families but also increases their workload—housework is still their duty Housing in the city concentra