Inside and Outside
"The difference between existing and living lies in the use of free time." (Proverb)
Industrialization brings technological progress, but also the dissolution of traditional family structures.
In the 19th century, life shifts in many areas from the inside to the outside - more so for workers than for the bourgeoisie. Work takes place far from home, in factories and offices. While in the bourgeoisie the woman takes care of domestic life, in a working-class family, everyone - man, woman, and children - is employed. There is hardly any privacy or shared leisure time in their household. To improve their financial situation, workers often take in strangers, while their own children are cared for elsewhere.
And yet, bourgeois life remains the ideal for many working-class families, an ideal they strive to emulate.
