“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)
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)