“Dark Satanic Mills”: The Problems of Industrialization History 104 / February 22, 2013
The high point of British industrial prowess: the Exposition of 1851 (in the Crystal Palace)
Why child labor?
Living amidst the filth
Friedrich Engels ( ) The Condition of the Working Class in England (1844)
Engels’ map of Manchester and environs
Rotten boroughs: political life before the Great Reform “Here they are all good voters – ready to vote for my coach horse if I order them. Give me the money & I’ll secure you the seat.” “Well, here’s the cash, as for the votes I’ll leave them to you.”
The Great Reform Bill (1832) – passed by Whigs
The “Peterloo” massacre (1819)
The New Poor Law (1834)
Model for workhouses (Scotland, 1847)
William Lovett ( ) The “People’s Charter” (1838)
Chartist rally in 1848
Robert Owen ( )
New Lanark, Scotland
Louis Blanc ( )