1. “Dark Satanic Mills”: The Problems of Industrialization History 104 / February 22, 2013

2. The high point of British industrial prowess: the Exposition of 1851 (in the Crystal Palace)

3. Why child labor?

4. Living amidst the filth

5. Friedrich Engels (1820-1895) The Condition of the Working Class in England (1844)

6. Engels’ map of Manchester and environs

7. 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.”

8. The Great Reform Bill (1832) – passed by Whigs

9. The “Peterloo” massacre (1819)

10. The New Poor Law (1834)

11. Model for workhouses (Scotland, 1847)

12. William Lovett (1800-1877) The “People’s Charter” (1838)

13. Chartist rally in 1848

14. Robert Owen (1771-1858)

15. New Lanark, Scotland

16. Louis Blanc (1811-1882)