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Social laissez faire prevailed. There was limited government intervention. It prevented any form of ...and contributed to the appalling living conditions in towns and cities. Compassion for the poor was expressed through ...
Since 1795, ..., relief given to the 'able-bodied' in connection with the number of children and the price of bread
Upper-class people felt that these boundaries were transgressed: working class demonstrations of the late .... Many of these demonstrations took place on the ..., symbolically placed between the West and the East End. Crystallized fears of ..
The Victorian age was characterised by a growing....and associated problems of housing, health and crime.Debate on the 'Condition of England' (1843) > after the publication of the Essay by ..., more public figures became involved in the debate.
1842- In..., the most important 19th Century publication on....was released, titled, 'Report on the Sanitary Condition of the Labouring Population of Great Britain'. This enquiry into sanitation was the brain-child of .... He led a team of ... trying to document the lives of the poor. Earlier in his career, Chadwick had worked under the reformist, ... & his philosophy of 'greater happiness' was a seminal influence.
Differences in life expectancy: Around the ...(1820s-1840s), the situation was so bad in slums, that life expectancy decreased. From 35 in 1820s to ...In the countryside, in the 1840s, the life expectancy was about...Difference between professional tradesmen and labourers(class difference), but also between.... environments.
Chadwick’s report showed that cities with ... > epidemics were partly caused by ..> necessary ...; social ... had to be replaced by public policies.
Overpopulation was due to the fact that the ...: Manchester, London (1851-1901: +5000 houses per year, + ....inhabitants/year) > housing crisis Lack of housing and ..., resulted in many poor people living in cellars; 1840 - ....of the working population living in cellars in Manchester)
... in the West End in the 19th century. By the end of the 19th century - clear ... despite geographical proximity.East End was next to the city, but very distinct.
Form of tourism in the East End (middle and upper-class men> sense of adventure) '..'.Deprived, unsanitary environments.
Example of conflicts over territorial boundaries: Bloody Sunday, ...: Violent clashes took place between the... many "armed with iron bars, knives, pokers and gas pipes".
John Nash (18 January 1752 – 13 May 1835) was one of the foremost British architects of the Georgian and Regency eras, during which he was responsible for the design, in the neoclassical and picturesque styles, of many important areas of London. His designs were financed by the Prince Regent(George IV) and by the era's most successful property developer, ...
Process of social segregation was in many ways deliberate. (especially in London) It was, for instance, done through... of London throughout the 19th century = driven by the wish to...
Two major problems in housing and health were overpopulation and absence of ....
What does the three-tier class structure ( abolished on most European railways by the end of the 1950s in favor of a two-tier structure) reflect on the society?
New geographical distribution of people, especially in urban environments. Process of separation of social and economic spaces: ...
Striking differences > towns and cities were not homogenous. Some social commentators became to ... cities to show the differences. Charles Booth, Map of London. West-end of London mostly (Kensington, Mayfair, Hyde Park) - ... classes.Mostly to the ... - poorest part of London.
One of the reasons: the development of .... New forms of it were introduced: the train( .... development), the omnibus, the underground (1...). Originally, they were expensive and for instance, the underground was first only available to middle and upper classes.
It was in Manchester, shortly after he first met Karl Marx, that Friedrich Engels wrote "The Condition of the Working Class in England" (1845), based on his observations of the city's..
Suburbs appeared because of the.... They were .... Practice of commuting from a place of residence to a workplace.