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Why did some industrialists in the nineteenth century Europe prefer hand labour over machines?
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some industrialists in the nineteenth century Europe prefer hand labour over machines because -
(i) Availability of cheap labour: People from villages started moving to cities in search of work. So, there was no shortage of human labour during nineteenth century Europe. Industrialists can hire more workers at lower cost than a machine.
(ii) Expensive new technology: New technologies and machines were expensive, so the pioducers and the industrialists were cautious about using them.
(iii) Costlier repair: The machines often broke down and the repair was costly.
(iv) Demand of Specified people: In Victorian age, the aristocrats and other upper class people preferred articles made by hand only. Hand-made products came to symbolize refinement and class. They were better finished and carefully designed
(v) Market demands of variety of designs and colour and specific type could not be fulfilled by machine-made clothes.
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