The Growth and Industrialization of Manchester
The Growth and Industrialization of Manchester
In the late eighteenth century and throughout the nineteenth century Manchester had been growing. The city had been expanding and it was becoming a leading textile manufacturer once the mechanised cotton mill was built. The growth and industrialization of Manchester over the course of the nineteenth century caused the people to have three main issues. One being the forcing of hard manual labour in factories effecting the health of the working force (mainly the artisans and labourers), another being the city and pollution becoming detrimental to the health of the people, and if the city was losing the beauty it once had when it was more rural.
Manchester in the nineteenth century was one of the leading textile manufacturers. This meant that there was a high demand for labourers to work in the factories. The point of views of the romantic poets at the time were mainly negative towards the industrialization. This is evident in document four. When the poet Frances Anne Kemble speaks of the artisans and mechanics she shows their struggle and the poor conditions they are in at the time from the factories. “The grim and grimy crowd of scowling faces” and “a tattered, starved-looking weaver” give imagery of the time and how the romantic poets believe the people were being treated unfairly. In document three you can see the point of view is quite different. In this document Thomas B. Macaulay believes that although the industrialization may not be as beautiful the rural land Manchester once was it is still benefitting the people. “People live longer because they are better fed, better lodged, better clothed, and better attended in sickness and these improvements are owing to the increase in national wealth which the manufacturing system as produced” gives evidence of his belief that the people are benefitted from the industrialization of Manchester. Document eight is a table showing the average age at death depending on
In the late eighteenth century and throughout the nineteenth century Manchester had been growing. The city had been expanding and it was becoming a leading textile manufacturer once the mechanised cotton mill was built. The growth and industrialization of Manchester over the course of the nineteenth century caused the people to have three main issues. One being the forcing of hard manual labour in factories effecting the health of the working force (mainly the artisans and labourers), another being the city and pollution becoming detrimental to the health of the people, and if the city was losing the beauty it once had when it was more rural.
Manchester in the nineteenth century was one of the leading textile manufacturers. This meant that there was a high demand for labourers to work in the factories. The point of views of the romantic poets at the time were mainly negative towards the industrialization. This is evident in document four. When the poet Frances Anne Kemble speaks of the artisans and mechanics she shows their struggle and the poor conditions they are in at the time from the factories. “The grim and grimy crowd of scowling faces” and “a tattered, starved-looking weaver” give imagery of the time and how the romantic poets believe the people were being treated unfairly. In document three you can see the point of view is quite different. In this document Thomas B. Macaulay believes that although the industrialization may not be as beautiful the rural land Manchester once was it is still benefitting the people. “People live longer because they are better fed, better lodged, better clothed, and better attended in sickness and these improvements are owing to the increase in national wealth which the manufacturing system as produced” gives evidence of his belief that the people are benefitted from the industrialization of Manchester. Document eight is a table showing the average age at death depending on