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Mary Grace Polancos
Mary Grace Polancos

Industrial and modern societies are characterized by a dramatic increase in production surplus due to advanced technologies and an abundance of capital. Unlike agrarian societies, industrial societies rely less on labor and more on machines to facilitate production. The industrial revolution began in Britain between 1750-1850 and centered on cotton production but later expanded to other industries. Factories and cities began to dot the landscape. While industrialization increased production, it also led to exploitation of workers, especially women and children, harmful environmental impacts from overconsumption of resources, and loss of jobs due to new technologies.

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INDUSTRIAL/MODER N SOCIETY
INDUSTRIAL/MODERN SOCIETY In this type of societies, there is a dramatically increase in the production surplus. Advanced technologies are created. There was an abundance of capital, and a surge of entrepreneurial spirit.
Unlike agrarian societies, industrial societies depend less on labor. It is not as labor intensive as the previous societies since machines are now utilized to facilitate production.
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Other concerns of the industrial societies were the individual, the urban environment or the city, social workers and the other types of formal organization.
During this stage of development of society, heavy machineries became part of production. Factories and cities began dotting the landscape.
The industrial revolution started in the Britain between 1750 and 1850. Like all other countries, Britain was previously an agricultural country. Industrial revolution is centered merely on the production of cottons, but later on was adopted with other products. By 1850, the economy became based on the industry and factory production.
Technology made the industrialization faster and production better. Advances in the transportation made exchange of goods easier.
There is also the trend of specialization. Before the community has to produce everything that is needed, but due to industrialization, people started doing specific works wherein the surplus is traded to other people. Work then is reduced to stages to increase efficiency.
Industrialization is also associated with the idea of capitalism. Capitalism champions the idea of free trade or unrestricted exchange of good based on supply and demand.
Industrialization, as earlier mentioned, brings with the reality of surplus, and with surplus it requires the opening of new markets and new resources of materials or natural resources for production.
There is then a closely connected relationship of industrialization with colonialism, since more good produced means that often the existing markets cannot absorb or consume the supply.
As a result, there is the need to open new markets, to expand overseas so that these extra products could be consumed. Hence, the expansion of industrialization also meant that Western powers made colonies in the different continents.
During the 19th century, industrial cities were described as filthy and very crowded. These sinister effects of industrialization were condemned by Karl Marx as the exploitation of the rich and businessmen of the poor laborers and the marginalized.
DISADVANTAGES
The industrial societies due to its insatiable demand for higher production have harmed the world’s resources. The push for industrialization was to consume more resources, without realizing that the Earth’s resources are in fact limited.
The shift to industrialization meant also that reliance of people for work became less. Many workers were displaces as a result of the introduction of newer technologies and machineries. Craftsmen who used to weave and spin cloth by hand either lost their job or became poorer in the process.
Women and children also became exploited and suffered terribly with the inhumane conditions of the workplace and low wages.
Farming lost its steam as urban migration intensified, people from the urban or agricultural areas preferred working in the city than in the farm.
Due to this migration, from the agrarian communities to cities, it destroyed informal mechanisms of social control (i.e. tsismis/gossip) which is effective in a closely knit community, but which is ineffective in the city where anonymity is the rule.
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Industrial or modern society

  • 2. INDUSTRIAL/MODERN SOCIETY In this type of societies, there is a dramatically increase in the production surplus. Advanced technologies are created. There was an abundance of capital, and a surge of entrepreneurial spirit.
  • 3. Unlike agrarian societies, industrial societies depend less on labor. It is not as labor intensive as the previous societies since machines are now utilized to facilitate production.
  • 10. Other concerns of the industrial societies were the individual, the urban environment or the city, social workers and the other types of formal organization.
  • 11. During this stage of development of society, heavy machineries became part of production. Factories and cities began dotting the landscape.
  • 12. The industrial revolution started in the Britain between 1750 and 1850. Like all other countries, Britain was previously an agricultural country. Industrial revolution is centered merely on the production of cottons, but later on was adopted with other products. By 1850, the economy became based on the industry and factory production.
  • 13. Technology made the industrialization faster and production better. Advances in the transportation made exchange of goods easier.
  • 14. There is also the trend of specialization. Before the community has to produce everything that is needed, but due to industrialization, people started doing specific works wherein the surplus is traded to other people. Work then is reduced to stages to increase efficiency.
  • 15. Industrialization is also associated with the idea of capitalism. Capitalism champions the idea of free trade or unrestricted exchange of good based on supply and demand.
  • 16. Industrialization, as earlier mentioned, brings with the reality of surplus, and with surplus it requires the opening of new markets and new resources of materials or natural resources for production.
  • 17. There is then a closely connected relationship of industrialization with colonialism, since more good produced means that often the existing markets cannot absorb or consume the supply.
  • 18. As a result, there is the need to open new markets, to expand overseas so that these extra products could be consumed. Hence, the expansion of industrialization also meant that Western powers made colonies in the different continents.
  • 19. During the 19th century, industrial cities were described as filthy and very crowded. These sinister effects of industrialization were condemned by Karl Marx as the exploitation of the rich and businessmen of the poor laborers and the marginalized.
  • 21. The industrial societies due to its insatiable demand for higher production have harmed the world’s resources. The push for industrialization was to consume more resources, without realizing that the Earth’s resources are in fact limited.
  • 22. The shift to industrialization meant also that reliance of people for work became less. Many workers were displaces as a result of the introduction of newer technologies and machineries. Craftsmen who used to weave and spin cloth by hand either lost their job or became poorer in the process.
  • 23. Women and children also became exploited and suffered terribly with the inhumane conditions of the workplace and low wages.
  • 24. Farming lost its steam as urban migration intensified, people from the urban or agricultural areas preferred working in the city than in the farm.
  • 25. Due to this migration, from the agrarian communities to cities, it destroyed informal mechanisms of social control (i.e. tsismis/gossip) which is effective in a closely knit community, but which is ineffective in the city where anonymity is the rule.