Migration

As people began to leave the countryside and enter the city, they had to transition from one world to another. Coming from wide, open, clean farms, families entered the crowded dirty city. Not only was the environment different, so was the work. While farm labor was hard, it was also varied. In the cities, the factory labor was easier, but also monotonous and boring. Men were drawn away from the home. While agricultural work was done on family property, industrial work forced workers to leave the home for the day and come home at night, separating the husband from his family. I was surprised that the author noted this, but it did make me think(yet again) about thinks that I regard as normal in a different context(one of the reasons history can be so fascinating!).