In Andrew Ure’s Philosophy of Manufacturers, Ure boasts that the industrialized system of manufacturing is undoubtedly progressive toward society as a whole. The necessity of publishing this document alone proves society’s objection to this new economic reform, much of nineteenth century Continue reading →

Andrew Ure, in The Philosophy of the Manufacturers, dissects the “new class” created in society by the advancements of technology in the Industrial Revolution. Ure was a professor at the University of Glasgow and wrote this article to illustrate his Continue reading →

What is the story line? In Andrew Ure’s The Philosophy of the Manufacturers, Ure details the necessity for new machinery and technology in the workplace, and the positive impacts it can have in all aspects of society. This document was 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 →