The worker had a great deal of autonomy, a great deal of independence, in his operation. The worker was very highly skilled, ah, his, his skills, and his knowledge were indispensable for the production of a product. Ah certainly in the iron industry this was true, this was true in a lot of other industries. As industrialization takes place ah the whole idea of industrialization is, you're bringing in machinery. And what machinery does is essentially two things.
Machinery replaces workers and ah, reduces the level of skill that's involved.
Ah so oftentimes to produce a ah, a ton of iron, or a ton of steel, you need fewer workers, ah than was true before. But these workers also are far less highly skilled, than was true in the past. So what you get is a situation I think by the latter part of the 19th century where you have two different worlds in conflict. You have workers who still have a set of traditions, and a set of values. Who have a world view.