Engels
I was horrified to read the terrible conditions going on in Manchester during the Industrial Revolution. When Engels addresses the living conditions on the lower banks of the Irk, it was almost too much to read. With no lavatory facilities, faulty homes that provided improper ventilation, people were forced to live in complete dispair. Unlike many American cities at this time, the poor lived in the center of the city, whereas in Manchester, the rich lived in the city center, and kept the poor out by means of locating jobs in the outskirts of the towns, and also by providing "financially friendly" shops to the poor. His address to the war on the poor needs to be taken into serious consideration.
Comments
I agree.
Posted by: Valerie | February 4, 2007 12:09 PM
I agree as well. The fact of the matter is, the "war against the poor" is so prominent today, especially in urban cities. As an interior design major, and someone who is more interested in the housing aspect of things the fact that new condos (i.e., unaffordable housing) are going up practically everyday, while we still have so many homeless people living in this city makes me pretty sick.
Posted by: Rachel Bickel | February 5, 2007 10:10 AM