week 8 lecture 1 - progress and rationalism Flashcards
why were industrial cities so terrible to live in? (4 reasons)
cramped
high crime rates
low life expectancy - 18 for boys in Manchester
inequality in the workplace
who were luddites?
people who resisted industrialisation, usually skilled workers
who was Cesare Lombroso and what was his study?
the biology of criminals were similar to eachother and had distinguished features
what percentage of Germany could read?
90%
what was the liberation of anonymity?
people could now live on their own as not everyone knew eachother
why was there so much anxiety about industrialisation? (three reasons)
new technology e.g. instant communication
rising rates of violence
humanity declined
why was the city so beneficial for the MC, but not for the WC?
MC owned all the means of production and had job security whereas WC had very little job security
