Poverty- As a product of the Industrial revolution, urbanization led to an increased number of peoples popullating main cities in England. The immediate consequence was overcrowding, and poverty as a cost. A multiple families shared single apartments, being packed into small spaces because of low wages. It was a delicate economic state: jobs were never guaranteed; were easily lost and unreliable. Of course this is just the working class we are thinking about. upper classes enjoyed relatively spacious accomodation in the cities: usually townhouses.
Child Labor- Because of the struggling nature of economic survival in the city, children were expected to work to contribute to a family's income. In the country, mills were often packed with orphan children. very few laws were implemented to protect children in the workplace, though eventually laws were made to encourage education, under Victoria's rule, and to shorten working hours.
Nationalism - a great sense of national pride began to tear through Europe, encouraging strong pride in one's country and roots. You might say it urged colonialism in Africa, and became an apparent issue in the Berlin conference of 1884. As each small European country enforced a sense of national pride (largely through schools and the workplace), tensions rose, alliances were made and antagonism was supressed. It is easy to see how this contributed to both world wars in the twentieth century. My friends and I were discussing the amount of nationalistic songs that the USA has (a lot!), and one of them made the comment that other countries just don't have that many songs- they aren't as nationalistic these days. I think this is because the US can
afford to be so nationalistic. It is a huge land area, somewhat unsurrounded be nations of equal size. In Europe, countries can sometimes border several other countries of equal size: competition and aggravation is more likely. In short, I think european countries have learned that they cannot be so nationalistic these days, considering huge historical torment and consequence.
The Battle of the Sexes: defining the ideal wife (and the ideal husband)- The "Angel in the house" theory, outlined in many pieces of literature, defined the relationship between man and woman. The woman was expected to be as we presume the stereotype of the female ought to be: a caregiver, passive and innocent, the organizer as opposed to the provider, which is how the male is seen to be. He must be hardened and stern, active and unemotional. Imagine if travel time were possible. Can you just see the social torment potential? So many conflicting ideas!!
Poverty- As a product of the Industrial revolution, urbanization led to an increased number of peoples popullating main cities in England. The immediate consequence was overcrowding, and poverty as a cost. A multiple families shared single apartments, being packed into small spaces because of low wages. It was a delicate economic state: jobs were never guaranteed; were easily lost and unreliable. Of course this is just the working class we are thinking about. upper classes enjoyed relatively spacious accomodation in the cities: usually townhouses.
Child Labor- Because of the struggling nature of economic survival in the city, children were expected to work to contribute to a family's income. In the country, mills were often packed with orphan children. very few laws were implemented to protect children in the workplace, though eventually laws were made to encourage education, under Victoria's rule, and to shorten working hours.
Nationalism - a great sense of national pride began to tear through Europe, encouraging strong pride in one's country and roots. You might say it urged colonialism in Africa, and became an apparent issue in the Berlin conference of 1884. As each small European country enforced a sense of national pride (largely through schools and the workplace), tensions rose, alliances were made and antagonism was supressed. It is easy to see how this contributed to both world wars in the twentieth century. My friends and I were discussing the amount of nationalistic songs that the USA has (a lot!), and one of them made the comment that other countries just don't have that many songs- they aren't as nationalistic these days. I think this is because the US can afford to be so nationalistic. It is a huge land area, somewhat unsurrounded be nations of equal size. In Europe, countries can sometimes border several other countries of equal size: competition and aggravation is more likely. In short, I think european countries have learned that they cannot be so nationalistic these days, considering huge historical torment and consequence.
The Battle of the Sexes: defining the ideal wife (and the ideal husband)- The "Angel in the house" theory, outlined in many pieces of literature, defined the relationship between man and woman. The woman was expected to be as we presume the stereotype of the female ought to be: a caregiver, passive and innocent, the organizer as opposed to the provider, which is how the male is seen to be. He must be hardened and stern, active and unemotional. Imagine if travel time were possible. Can you just see the social torment potential? So many conflicting ideas!!
During the Victorian era emotions were given a chance to develop during courtship because the physical act of sex was so taboo and avoided. Now it is our emotions that are repressed as we celebrate sexuality. It is as if we have went from extreme or the other.
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