Man-Made Pollution Existed Long Source: "The Conditions of the Before Industrial Revolution : Society Working Class in England" by the
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German socialist revolutionary
Friedrich Engels, published in 1844.
"Every great town has one or more
slum areas where workers struggle
through life as best they can out of
sight of the more fortunate classes of society. The slums ... are generally
an unplanned wilderness of one or two - storied houses. Wherever
possible these have basements which are also used as living spaces. The
streets are usually unpaved, full of holes, dirty and strewn with garbage.
Since they have neither gutters or drains, the garbage accumulates in
stagnant, stinking puddles. The view of the City of Manchester is quite
typical. The main river is narrow, black and full of stinking filth and
garbage ... one walks along a very rough path on the river bank to reach
a chaotic group of little one-storey, one room cabins ... in front of the
doors, filth and garbage ..."
1) Explain the historical circumstance that led to what is being described in
this excerpt by Friedrich Engels

Industrial Revolution, in modern history, the process of change from an agrarian and handicraft economy to one dominated by industry and machine manufacturing. This process began in Britain in the 18th century and from there spread to other parts of the world. Although used earlier by French writers, the term Industrial Revolution was first popularized by the English economic

Explanation:

explanati“there were many such dangers, in which the odds were all against them. their children were not as well as they had been at home; but how could they know that there was no sewer to their house, and that the drainage of fifteen years was in a cesspool under it? how could they know that the pale-blue milk that they bought around the corner was watered, and doctored with formaldehyde besides? when the children were not well at home, teta elzbieta would gather herbs and cure them; now she was obliged to go to the drugstore and buy extracts–and how was she to know that they were all adulterated? how could they find out that their tea and coffee, their sugar and flour, had been doctored; that their canned peas had been colored with copper salts, and their fruit jams with aniline dyes? and even if they had known it, what good would it have done them, since there was no place within miles of them where any other sort was to be had? the bitter winter was coming, and they had to save money to get more clothing and bedding; but it would not matter in the least how much they saved, they could not get anything to keep them warm. all the clothing that was to be had in the stores was made of cotton and shoddy, which is made by tearing old clothes to pieces and weaving the fiber again. if they paid higher prices, they might get frills and fanciness, or be cheated; but genuine quality they could not obtain for love nor moneyon:

according to the map, most industrialization in europe occurred in the northwest.

the production of coal and lignite deposits was profitable throughout western europe.

the building of railroads transport goods throughout europe.

according to the map, the population trend indicates that more people are moving into cities.

northwest

coal and lignite depostis

railroads

cities