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A 10 page general overview of the Victorian Age. The paper focuses on how it was a powerful time of change. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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gentlemen, grand parties and dances, and we imagine a quieter and more peaceful time. However, like any time in history, this period had its good and bad qualities. It was,
above all else perhaps, a time of great change in many directions. The following paper examines how and why the Victorian Age was a time of good and bad, and
a time of great change. Changes in General One of the most drastic changes that would affect the development of the Victorian Age was that which involved the
Industrial Revolution. With this mans reliance on simple farms and produce and production became a thing of the past. One author notes that, "The Victorians had become addicted to speed
and, like all speed crazy kids, they wanted to go ever faster. Time was money and efficiency became increasingly important" (Robinson, 2005). This sense of speed was seen through many
changes involved in the Industrial Age, changes that will also be discussed, such as the steam engine, trains, and telegraphs. Robinson (2005) indicates that even though the division of labor
was a concept that had been considered, it now became possible for such to become reality in the Industrial Revolution, a realization that would truly separate the wealthy from the
poor. "This specialisation and - by implication - individualisation of labour was in marked contrast to the rural means of production, in which the family was the means of production,
consumption and socialization" (Robinson, 2005). Now it was machines, industries, and business that controlled the society. Steam Engine Prior to the Victorian Age peoples lives were truly limited
by traveling by horse, and by the seasons and daylight hours. The steam engine and steam essentially changed everything. "It was faster, more powerful, and could work independently of natural
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