I have a lot of topics to work with from 1750-1900, but I just want a general question about how life was in an industrial town in that period. Thanks.
2007-04-21 07:19:06 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Sorry, I meant an answer, not a question. Nothing too deep, just a brief answer. :)
2007-04-21 07:20:19 · update #1
Click around in the "Muck and brass: The industrial town" webpage :
"Muck and brass: The industrial town", "Making the Modern World ", The Science Museum : http://www.makingthemodernworld.org.uk/stories/the_industrial_town/06.ST.02/
Read the biography of reformer Edwin Chadwick (1800 - 1890) :
"Edwin Chadwick (1800 - 1890)", BBC History : http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/chadwick_edwin.shtml
2007-04-21 08:33:36 · answer #1 · answered by Erik Van Thienen 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Read some Engle from that time period -- the factory conditions were awful. I can only imagine working in a cotton factory (from the book North and South, for instance), and how awful it would be to constantly breathe in the particles. There were so many air quality problems that people often thought they had tuberculosis when they didn't have it at all.
But - your question is open to all economic levels. So, depending on your status, I would guess that the situation would vary.
2007-04-21 14:26:07 · answer #2 · answered by NYC Trish 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Very smoky in UK as everyone had domestic coal fires.
Overcrowding and mal nourishment for the poor.
!st world war recruits were undersized due to malnutrition.
2007-04-21 15:46:57 · answer #3 · answered by rosie recipe 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋