Before the Industrial Revolution and the widespread use of machines, societies were small, rural, and dependent largely on local resources. Economic production was limited to the amount of labor a human being could provide, and there were few specialized occupations. However, some social impacts of industrialization in Europe included the development of distinct social classes, the increasing "mechanization" of the workers, overall population increases, the rise of reform movements, and the development of socialism and utopianism. As economic activities in many communities moved from agriculture to manufacturing, production shifted from its traditional locations in the home and the small workshop to factories. Also, large portions of the population relocated from the countryside to the towns and cities where manufacturing centers were found
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