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... This was clearly so in the eighteenth and
nineteenth centuries, when enhancements in technology gave rise to the Industrial
Revolution. ... Manchester, England, was a prime
example of a city born by industrialization. ... However, with
Manchester’s rapid expansion, unfavorable environmental issues arose, the gap between
the elite and working classes widened, and the quality of the worker’s lifestyle began to
decline. ...
The environmental circumstances were bound to change as Manchester embraced
industrialization policies. ... Thomson (History of Manchester to 1852), showed a
rather small industrial area along the River Irwell. ... The industrial areas of Manchester were now four to five
times its original size. ... In the latter map, one can
see without doubt that there was absolutely no free space in the entire vicinity of
Manchester. ... An equally
calamitous effect of rapid industrialization was urban pollution. ... However, not only was the
water contaminated, but also the air and homes of the men, women, and children who
chose to make Manchester their home. By looking at The Lancet from 1843, the average
age at death in industrial districts was drastically lower than that of rural areas (8). ... He mourned that Manchester has lost its grasp on natural beauty, which all
Romantics emphasized. ... As time
went on, people began to focus on the effect of overcrowding and pollution in the city.
Manchester, like many other industrial cities, built railroads and canals, as shown in the
map of 1850 (1), to improve transportation. ... Later on, cities
of England were pushed to build sewer systems to avoid the spread of disease. The effort
to resolve the environmental problems of Manchester ultimately led to a lower mortality
rate and a cleaner, healthier place to live for all. ... The working class,
which made up eighty percent of the total population, was not on the receiving end
during the growth of Manchester. ... An advocate
of capitalism, Alexis de Tocqueville juxtapositions in his Journeys to England and
Ireland (1835) the positive and negative aspects of industrialization (5). ... While at the Liverpool
and Manchester Railway in 1830, Frances Anne Kemble compassionately explicates in
her journal a disturbing riot where starving men made their discontent known to the
affluent, influential people of the government (4). ... It was evident that while
the rich, business men of the industrial cities grew unimaginably wealthy, the resentful
working class struggled to stay alive.
Approximate Word count = 1922
Approximate Pages = 7.7
(250 words per page double spaced)
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