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Work, Life and Leisure
How does the existence of a large urban population affect each of the following? Illustrate with historical examples.
(a) A private landlord.
(b) A Police Superintendent in charge of law and order.
(c) A leader of a political party.
(a) A private landlord: Factory or workshop owners did not house the migrant workers. Instead, individual landowners put up cheap, and usually unsafe, tenements for the new arrivals.
(b)A Police Superintendent: For a Police Superintendent, crime became an object of widespread concern. So the population of criminals was counted, their activities were watched, and their ways of life were investigated. They attempted to discipline the population, imposed high penalties for crime and offered work to those who were considered the ‘deserving poor’.
(c)A leader of a political party: Large masses of people could be drawn into political causes in the city. A large city population was thus both a threat and an opportunity. State authorities went to great lengths to reduce the possibility of rebellion and enhance urban aesthetics, as the example of Paris shows.
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Give explanations for the following:
Why well-off Londoners supported the need to build housing for the poor in the nineteenth century?
Give explanations for the following:
Why a number of Bombay films were about the lives of migrants?
Give explanations for the following:
What forms of entertainment came up in nineteenth century England to provide leisure activities for the people?
Explain the social changes in London which led to the need for the underground railway. Why was the development of the underground railway criticised?
Explain what is meant by the Haussmanisation of Paris. To what extent would you support or oppose this form of development? Write a letter to the editor of a newspaper, to either support or oppose this, giving reasons for your view.
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(a) Public Life
(b) Private Life
Name the novel written by Durgacharan Ray about the city of Calcutta.
___________ is a large, densely populated city of a country or state, often the capital of the region.
___________ is some one who works for social upliftment and charity, donating time and money for the purpose.
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