Today, the family size has decreased and this has stopped the deaths in the family as illnesses and diseases aren’t transmitted to one another quickly as they live together in a more fit environment. Also people had lower incomes in 1900 so they didn’t have enough money to spend on food or a healthy place to live or overall just didn’t have enough to provide for a
The system of land distribution was unfair and most peasants received 4% less land than they had rented before, many received much less. In reality they had less land than when they were serfs. This was seen as unfair as they believed that, because they had worked the land for generations, it should now belong to them. The Mir still restricted peasants’ movements and as consolidation and enlargement of property was difficult, there was little incentive to improve the land and adopt modern methods, resulting in a decline in productivity The huge redemption taxes also meant that the peasants had to sell many of the crops they needed to eat and the Mir kept the peasants tied to their commune and still controlled by rules. Peasants felt disappointed and disillusioned and many rioted.
Most households that are poor experience one of these problems: The house is overcrowded, not being able to get medical care, or not being able to eat. The average poor people’s way of living doesn’t mean that all poor people live without having any type of hardship. Some may just be that they have food, but not exactly what they want to eat. What really is considered to be a poor family? It’s not just people that are homeless, no food or clothing.
Today, the family size has decreased and this has stopped the deaths in the family as illnesses and diseases aren’t transmitted to one another quickly as they live together in a more fit environment. Also people had lower incomes in 1900 so they didn’t have enough money to spend on food or a healthy place to live or overall just didn’t have enough to provide for a
Agriculture made human communities dependent on relatively few plants; the main crops which they grew rather than on the many different kinds of plants which hunter-gathers used. (Burt) To survive, agriculturalists had to gather all their food for the year at one or two or three harvest times, rather than gathering year round. Agriculture brought class divisions because farming introduced the concept of land ownership and thereby, there was a division among labor and owner, and on the one hand, it caused the elite became wealthier, but on the other hand, most people became poorer. In hunting and gathering society,
This differs from two-parent families in that there is only one adult to take care of all of life’s responsibilities rather than two. Bills need to be paid, food needs to be taken care of, etc. These two responsibilities alone take a good amount of time to complete and once finished, the parent is usually too tired or stressed to engage in healthy interaction. Not to say that this is not the case in two parent families, but it’s magnitude has greater effects on single parent
Did Life Improve During the Industrial Revolution The Industrial Revolution was a series of changes in the 18th and 19th century that affected the way that most people lived in Britain. Some of these changes could be seen as positive, such as the building of a railway network which improved transport significantly, but some of these changes could be seen as negative, such as the building of factories which increased the amount of pollution in large cities. There were many medical advances during the Industrial Revolution. For example, in 1796, Edward Jenner developed the first vaccine for smallpox. This was significant because smallpox had a mortality rate of up to 35% so this vaccination would have saved a lot of lives and it would have made life considerably better for those who could afford to be vaccinated.
Another sociologist, Michael Anderson found evidence that extended families developed more during industrialisation because while parents were away at work, grandparents or uncles and aunts were there to look after the children so in return the extended kin get looked after too. Peter Laslett, an English historian disagreed and found that after industrialisation, nuclear families was more dominated than the extended family and single parent families became popular
The Industrial Revolution was a time of rapid development in industry that began in Europe, especially Great Britain, in the late eighteenth century, then spread to the United States and other countries. It was brought about by the introduction of machinery, and was characterized by the growth of factories and the mass production of manufactured goods . During this time, new technologies were created and made available to the public through the use of new production and transportation methods. Manufacturing goods became much easier, new businesses began, and as a result, America grew, both in population and influence. However, due to the Industrial Revolution, America began to stray from the vision the founding fathers had for the nation in the late 1700’s and 1800’s.
Because of this, the Southern colonists made their living off farming cash crops, such as rice, usually in plantations. The Middle colonists also shared a prosperous growing season because of their mild climate. However instead of cash crops, the Middle colonists would grow wheat and grains, being the “breadbasket” of the colonies. New England colonists didn’t have much prosperity in agriculture. They would instead participate in subsistent farming, meaning they grew only what they needed to feed themselves.