ABSTRACT
The industrial revolution was a wide-ranging experience as well as an intensely human one. Its technological and organizational core had ramifications reaching into almost every facet of society—from personal life to wider institutions and cultures. No society managed to industrialize without massive social dislocations. There are distinctions as well between short-term and long-term social impacts. Factories during the industrial revolution formed something of a battleground between the growing labor force, with its work habits and expectations, and the new factory owners, with their demands. The industrial revolution had an immense impact on family life. Observers in all the industrial societies began worrying about the fate of the family institution early on, in what has become a consistent theme in industrial history. The direct result of the industrial revolution involved the expansion of a new, predominantly urban working class and middle class, spurred by the rise of factory owners and managers in industry and by various professional groups such as engineers.
