I am answering the question of “What Can I Learn About the Society That Produced This Document?” During 1835, this society is at the height of the industrial revolution; countries are competing against each other and many new things are Continue reading
Olivia Lynch Paul Evans Modern Europe 9/23/21 Why was this document written? I chose the question, Why was this document written, from “The philosophy of Manufactures” written in 1835 by Andrew Ure. Andrew Ure wrote a persuasive book to the Continue reading
What can I learn about the society that produced this document? The Philosophy of Manufacturer written by Andrew Ure is based on his life story and about the times surrounding the industrial revolution and the changes going on at this Continue reading
Question 6: What basic assumptions can be made based on the document? Similar to what I mentioned in our discussion last week, the major assumption of this text, and of industrialists as a whole, is that Industrialization is a good Continue reading
What is the storyline? Andrew Ure starts off the article “The Philosophy of Manufacturers” by stating that Britain is the home of industrialization and that many foreign nations have viewed the rapid industrialization with skepticism. Ure says that with Continue reading
The Industrial Revolution in Europe made way for many differing views on the use of factories and how factory workers were treated. Andrew Ure published his take on factories in Great Britain in his work The Philosophy of Manufactures. He Continue reading
The Industrial Revolution was a time of transformation throughout Europe, starting in England. The mass change from having workers manufacture different items by hand, to having machinery that could manufacture items that couldn’t be made by hand and did so Continue reading
“What is the story line?” In Andrew Ure’s, “The Philosophy of the Manufacturers”, Ure introduces industrialization as a positive and important advancement for society. In context to this piece, England was experiencing the brink of the Indusrial Revolution, causing controversy Continue reading
In the document The Philosophy of Manufacturers, by Andrew Ure, Ure talks about the fascinating invention of machines and what they can do. He writes this in the beginning of the Industrial Revolution in England where people aren’t very high Continue reading
In the piece, Philosophy of Manufacturers, by Andrew Ure, Ure discusses the impact of factories on the working class, arguing that “The constant aim and effect of scientific improvement in manufactures are philanthropic” (Ure). During this time period, there was Continue reading
