Industry and

Family
7th Semester
Muammad Azkar
Aamir Hussain
Muhammad Waqas
Usman Ansari
Amer Zaffar

Presentation Objectives:

Introduction
What is family
What is industry
The pre-industrial family.
The industrial family.
The post-modern family.
The influence of industry on family
Positive as well as negative impact

FAMILY AND INDUSTRY

Introduction
The Industrial Revolution effected

every part of life and is considered to

be a mixed blessing; good and bad.

Negative Outcomes
1. Health Problems
2. Pollution

Positive Outcomes
1. Consume goods
2. Plenty of jobs

Family

Definitions of Family
A group
consisting of two
parents and their
children living
together as a
unit.

Definitions of Industry
1.Industry refers
to that sector of
economy which is
related
with
manufacturing and
production
of
different products

2. A systematic labor especially for

some useful purpose or the creation of
something of value
3. A distinct group of productive or
profit-making enterprises

Hunter-Gatherer Families
Men were hunters and tool makers left

for days to capture large animals

Women were responsible for gathering
fruits, nuts, grains & herbs, as well as
nurturing young children

Cont
Women were critical to family supplied

2/3 of or more of calories consumed

Both men and women had high status
within family
Families were originally loosely formed,
then relationship between one man and
woman became the norm

Agricultural Families
11 000 years ago,
Domesticated animals and grew plants, so

families were able to live in more

permanent places
Due to need for help with labor, families
became larger as people had more kids to
help

Cont
Children were considered economic asset
Families became highly organized
Monogamous relationship
Patriarchal family structure

Pre-Industrial Families
Early Europeans who migrated to Canada

came from society different form Canadas

agricultural one
Population increase meant families
outgrew land
Families without land moved into cities
and towns became tradesmen

Cont
Families consisted of father (head), mother

and children, plus any domestic servants

and apprentices who were learning a trade
from father
Families also most often lived with
extended family

Cont
Romantic love was not the basis for

marriage; married out of necessity

Child labor - less than 50% reached
adulthood
Fewer children than agricultural families
Spousal abuse and child abuse

Urban Industrial Families

Early 19th century
Shift towards factory production
Mother = sacred role, nurturer; supported

by husband
Men = $ earner
Less need for children to work in factories
Compulsory education in 1871

Cont
Child labor outlawed in mide-1880s
At this point, notion of childhood as age

of innocence born
For many families, women still had to work
in factories to earn enough money
By beginning of 20th century, only 5% of
women worked outside home

Cont
Couples began to have less children

because they could not afford them

Modern Consumer Family

1940s
Womens role wife and mother
Fathers role breadwinner
Adolescence emerged because of

extended schooling
Birth rate rose post war (1946-1967)
Average of 4 children per family

Contemporary Family
Significant changes in past 50 years
60s & 70s women re-entered workforce
Womens rights
Divorce more common
Common-law
Blended families, dual income families

Influences of Industry on the

Family
The influence of Industry on family life

may take a direct and indirect form.

In the direct form, the circumstances and
attitudes associated with a certain kind
of occupation affect circumstances and
attitudes in the spheres of life.
In the indirect form, the association
between occupation and family is
mediated through social class

Husband-Wife Roles
Directly or indirectly, helps to shape the roles

which are played in the family, as well as the

relationships between these roles
At the upper level of society, the role of
husband in the family have little relationship
to his role at work and there may be little
carry-over of the prestige and authority
gained at work into family life.
In the middle class of society, the financial
standing and status of the family is more
dependent on the occupation of the husband.

Continued
The working class husbands occupation gives

neither high income nor status in society at

large. In communities where it is traditional
for the husband only to work the separation of
occupational and family life is almost
complete.
In working class families, where the wife also
goes out to work, the additional income is
often used to make the home more
comfortable place to stay in, and husbands
more dependent family role may approximate
that of the middle-class husband.

continued
Blood and Wolfe characterized the main role of

wife in relation to her husbands occupation as

collaborative, supportive.
Farm wives much more often than urban wives
collaborated with their husbands jobs.
The wives of white-collar workers most often
thought they helped their husbands by giving
encouragement, considerateness or
entertainment(supportive),
While the wives of blue-collar workers either
contributed only housework or
nothing(peripheral).

Positive and Negative Effects of

Industry on Family

Positive Effects of Industry on

Family

Continued
1. Increased number of goods.
2. Increased diversity of goods produced.
3. Migration of villagers to work in cities.
4. Development and growth of new socioeconomic

classes

5. Commitment to research and development

6. Investment in new technologies.

7.Industrial and Governmental interests in

promoting invention, the sciences, and

overall industrial growth.
8.Machines are invented which replace

human labor.
9.New energy sources are develop to power

the

new machinery Water, steam,

electricity, oil (gas, kerosene)

10. Increased use of metals and minerals.

Aluminum, coal, copper, iron, etc.

11. Transportation improved

i. Ships
Wooden ships Iron Ships Steel Ships
Wind Powered sails Steam- powered
boilers

ii. Trains
iii. Automobiles

12. Communication Improved

i. Telegraph
ii. Telephone
iii. Radio
13. Faster methods of production
14. Workers concentrated in a set location
15. Industries brought machinery to farms.

16. Industry creates many new jobs.

Negative Effects of Factory

on Family

Negative Effects of Factory on Family

1.

Factories

are

dirty,

unsafe,

and

dangerous.
2. Factory bosses exercised harsh discipline
3. Factory workers were overworked and
underpaid.
4.

Urban

areas

doubled,

tripled,

or

quadrupled in size due to migration to

cities.
5. Cities lacked sanitary codes or building

6. Housing, water, and social services

were scarce
7. Child and women workers earned 10%
of an adult wage, worked long hours in
dangerous

conditions,

were

often

beaten.
8. Factory jobs for women required long
hours away from their children and could
leave

women

crippled,

sick,

or

10.

Many

families

shared

cramped

apartments that lacked running water or

sanitation
11. Hard factory jobs and disease led to
short life expectancies for urban workers.
12. Rise in class tensions
13. Unsanitary living conditions
14. Air pollutions
15. Water pollutions

Thanks for your

patience