The Suburb and the Industrial City: Manchester Flashcards
Describe the Rapid urbanization and industrialization of Manchester
Manchester experienced rapid urbanization and industrialization during the 19th century.
The city became one of the most important manufacturing centers in the world, thanks to its textile industry.
Manchester attracted thousands of people seeking employment in its factories, which led to a population boom.
Describe Emergence of suburbs as an alternative.
The emergence of suburbs was a response to the problems caused by rapid urbanization and industrialization.
The suburbs were seen as an alternative to the crowded and polluted city.
Middle-class families moved to the suburbs in search of cleaner, healthier, and more spacious living conditions.
The emergence of suburbs led to the development of new forms of housing and urban planning.
What were the Characteristics of the suburb
The suburb was characterized by single-family homes, yards, and gardens.
The suburbs were often separated from the city by natural or artificial barriers such as parks or railways.
The suburbs were associated with the middle class, and their development was often driven by capitalist developers seeking to make a profit.
The suburbs represented a new kind of community, one that was more individualistic and private than the dense urban neighborhoods of the city.
What was the Connection between the city and the suburb
The emergence of suburbs was closely connected to the development of the industrial city.
Many of the people who moved to the suburbs worked in the city and commuted back and forth every day.
The development of transportation systems such as railways and streetcars made it easier for people to live in the suburbs and work in the city.
The relationship between the city and the suburb was often one of mutual dependence, with the city providing the jobs and services that the suburbs lacked, and the suburbs providing a desirable living environment for middle-class famil
Describe the seperation of class, age and gender in the suburban household
The father, as the breadwinner, occupied a separate space within the household, usually a study or office, where he conducted business and managed the family’s finances.
The mother’s role was to manage the domestic sphere, including the care of children and the home.
Children were also segregated according to age and gender, with boys and girls often occupying separate bedrooms and engaging in different activities. The household was designed to reinforce and maintain the gender and class hierarchy, with the father as the patriarch and head of the household, and the mother and children occupying subservient positions.
What was a drawing room?
The drawing room referred to a formal space in the suburban house intended for the entertainment of guests. It was often located at the front of the house and designed to impress visitors, with decor such as expensive furniture, artwork, and other status symbols.
Explain the ideology of seperae sphears.
he ideology of separate spheres is the belief that men and women have different roles in society based on their gender. According to this ideology, men were seen as rational, assertive, and competitive, and their sphere of influence was the public world of business and politics.
Women, on the other hand, were seen as emotional, nurturing, and domestic, and their sphere of influence was the private world of the home and family. This ideology was used to justify the exclusion of women from many areas of public life and to maintain the idea that women’s primary role was to care for their husbands and children.
Why did suburbia develop differently in Manchester, compared to London?
London experienced very little industrialization before the late nineteenth century.
Compared to a city like Manchester, London was resolutely retrogressive in its economy, even undergoing a deindustrialization as formerly important industries like shipbuilding moved north.
London retained a preindustrial complexity both in its class relations and its urban structure.
The middle class didn’t necessarily go all the way to suburbia, they remained loyal to the fashionable squares of the west end. (london)
It wasn’t until 1870 that the middle class London shifted to the suburbs.
Middle class suburbanization began later in Manchester. As late as 1830 the bourgeoisie were still in the urban core.
More rapid suburbanization in Manchester. More between 1835 to 1845 than London did in 100 years (1770 to 1870).
What was the “Chap hap Evangelical Ideal” in 19th century
The Chap chap Evangelical Ideal was a cultural ideal that was a culmination of middle-class morality in the suburbs like Victoria Park.
The ideal was that women were more suited by God and nature to the task of elevating the moral and religious state of men and raising children to be God-fearing Christians.
What do we learn about gender in 19th century Manchester?
Suburbanization created a segregation of ages and sexes.
Houses were divided into areas for the men, women, and children.
Woman were “more suited” by god and nature to the task of elevating the moral and religious state of men and of raising children to be God-fearing Christians.
Domestic tasks were viewed as the women’s sphere, while men worked outside the home.
The modern housewife represents the mundane element in the Evangelical tradition of womanhood.
To be protected from all danger and temptation was a common view of womanhood.
Who was Samuel Brooks?
Samuel Brooks was a wealthy Manchester merchant who bought an estate in the suburb of Sale in 1767, which became the site of the first suburban development. He began to sell off plots of land for individual houses, and the suburb of Sale became a desirable residential area for the wealthy middle class, spurring the beginning of suburbanization in Manchester.
What is the connection between Builders and Suburbinzation?
They were instrumental in constructing and marketing the suburban homes to the middle class. They often had a background in traditional crafts like carpentry, and gradually adapted to the changing demands of the suburban housing market.
Builders were skilled at mass-producing houses, and often bought large tracts of land on the outskirts of the city. They were also adept at advertising their products, using a variety of media such as newspapers, billboards, and brochures to attract buyers. S
ome builders also served as financiers, offering mortgages to middle-class buyers who could not pay the full cost upfront. In short, builders were essential in the process of suburbanization in Manchester, as they provided the necessary housing infrastructure and marketed it to the aspiring middle class.
