Question

"The typical worker in the mid 19th century was not a machine operator but the traditional crafts person and labourer." Support the statement with examples.

Answer 1

(i) Technological changes occurred, slowly.
(ii) Machines broke down and repairs were costly.
(ii) Machines were not as effective as inventors and manufacturers claimed them to be.
(iv) There were no buyers for machines.
(v)Technology-was, slow to be accepted by the industrialists.

(vi) Demand in Market was often for goods with intricate designs and specific shapes.

(vii) Aristocrats and bourgeoisie preferred things produced by hands.

(viii) These were better finished and carefully designed.