Riod The period of the 1750's can be best described as the pre industrial era, a period in which the economies of the majority of western Europeans consisted mainly on the household. This household mode of organization was predominately evident in farms, in artisan's workshops, and in small merchant's shops. As the time passed, there was an obvious shift from the cottage and textile industry of the 1750's to the establishments of factories and machinery …showed first 75 words of 730 total…

…showed last 75 words of 730 total…harsh and always cruel. This would apply especially to children. Children would have to enter the factory setting working twelve hours a day and spending the majority of time from the absence of parents. This led tot he English Factory Act of 1833, forbidding the employment of children under age nine and restricting the workday to nine hours. In essence, this had further divided the work and Home life. Consequently, the parental link was thoroughly broken.