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Chapter 24 “Life in the Emerging Urban Society” 1850-1910

Chapter 24 “Life in the Emerging Urban Society” 1850-1910. AP EUROPEAN HISTORY MR. RICK PURRINGTON MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL. Industry and the Growth of Cities A. 1800-1900 cities were: 1. growing – Ind Rev - steam engine brought factories to cities

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Chapter 24 “Life in the Emerging Urban Society” 1850-1910

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  1. Chapter 24“Life in the Emerging Urban Society”1850-1910 AP EUROPEAN HISTORY MR. RICK PURRINGTON MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL

  2. Industry and the Growth of Cities A. 1800-1900 cities were: 1. growing – Ind Rev - steam engine brought factories to cities - Br cities grew:1801 = 1.5 mill,1891 = 15.6mill 2. crowded, dirty, unhealthy - 200 per outhouse in some areas B. Why unsanitary? 1. no public transportation 2. cleanliness not valued C. Bacterial Revolution 1.miasmatic theory – odor spreads disease 2. Edwin Chadwick – “sickness causes poverty” 3. 1846 -- Br Public Health Law 4. 1854 – Louis Pasteur – Germs, “Pasteurization”

  3. II. Rich and Poor and Those in Between A. The Industrial Rev’s Middle Classes 1. Upper-Middle Class a) aristocrats b) high-end wealth 2. Middle Class a) educated professionals b) white collar-workers 3. Lower-Middle Class a) shopkeepers, small traders

  4. B. Middle Class Culture 1. 25% of earning spent on food 2. wife was responsible for home 3. maids and servants were common 4. clothes – served as status symbols C. The Working Class 1. 80% of Ind Eu’s pop 2. worked with hands - factory, unskilled workers 3. labor aristocracy – highly skilled workers, jewelers, cabinetmakers 4. no servants at home Page 800

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