Industrialisation and the working class of Manchester

Essay from the year 2014 in the subject History Europe - Other Countries - Modern Times, Absolutism, Industrialization, grade: A, The Open University, course: Arts Foundation, language: English, abstract: The large-scale industrialisation of Manchester and other English cities in the early nineteenth century was without precedent and was subject to significant commentary and interpretation as writers and thinkers were both drawn to and repelled by what seemed to be a new way of living. This essay examines such commentary and how it led to social improvement for the urban working classes of the nineteenth century.