5.7
Economic Developments and Their Social Impact in the Period from 1750 to 1900
AP World History: ModernNew social classes
The industrial middle class (bourgeoisie)
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The industrial working class (proletariat)
The persistence of the aristocracy
Urbanization
Growth of industrial cities
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Living conditions
Urban reform
Impact on family life and gender roles
Working-class families
Middle-class families and the "cult of domesticity"
Economic inequality
New economic theories
Capitalism and classical economics
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Socialism
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Labor movements
Primary sources
Friedrich Engels, The Condition of the Working Class in England (1845)
Sadler Commission testimony on child labor (Britain, 1832)
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, The Communist Manifesto (1848)
Key figures
Key events summary
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Vocabulary
Unit 5 topics
Unit 5 overview5.10Comparison in the Age of Revolutions5.1The Enlightenment5.2Nationalism and Revolutions in the Period from 1750 to 19005.3Industrial Revolution Begins5.4Industrialization Spreads in the Period from 1750 to 19005.5Technology of the Industrial Age5.6Industrialization: Government's Role from 1750 to 19005.7Economic Developments and Their Social Impact in the Period from 1750 to 19005.8Reactions to the Industrial Economy from 1750 to 19005.9Society and the Industrial Age