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Market Revolution: Artisan Vs. Factory Workers

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The market revolution of the early 19th century brought about commercialization and industrialization. At the time before the surge of industrialization, there were artisans, who specially hand crafted goods. They took time and put love and hard work into everything they made. This was the case until the factories started booming and workers were needed to run these factories. This brought about a dilemma between the artisan and factory worker.
There is a major difference between an artisan worker and a factory worker. For example, an artisan made items with their bare hands from natural materials, with every item being uniquely its own. The artisan could spend an entire day, if not more, constructing the one item. Someone who worked in a factory would use machines that would make a specific part of an item that is interchangeable, and then an assembly line is created to assemble the item as a whole. This process gets repeated multiple times a day during one shift. Because of these differences, the there are both negatives and positives to the processes. A positive aspect of a factory worker is that the productivity is much more elevated than the artisan, more goods can be produced more efficiently. On the other hand, this can be a negative aspect …show more content…

Low skilled workers would benefit from the shift from artisan to factory worker because there was not much expertise to do the jobs. The artisans that were typically of a higher skill level may have tried to stick with the craftsmanship trade and start careers in engineering or design. In both cases though, the artisan and factory worker benefitted from the industrialization of factories, no matter what their skill level may have been. Because of the expansion of factory work, there was unfortunately a difficult adjustment for the artisan which in turn caused dissatisfaction and in worse cases,

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