“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(1820-1895)

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(1800-1877)

The “People’s Charter” (1838)

Chartist rally in 1848

Robert Owen(1771-1858)

New Lanark, Scotland

Louis Blanc(1811-1882)