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Work, Life and Leisure
‘As London grew, crime flourished city’. Explain.
As London grew, crime flourished:
(i)Around 20,000 criminals were living in London in the 1870s. A great deal about criminal activities of this period were known, as crime became an object of widespread concern.
(ii)The police were worried about law and order, philanthropists were anxious about public morality, and industrialists wanted a hard-working and orderly labour force.
(iii)So the population of criminals was counted, their activities were watched, and their ways of life were investigated.
(iv)They were the cheats and tricksters, pickpockets and petty thieves crowding the streets of London.
(v)In an attempt to discipline the population, the authorities imposed high penalties for crime and offered work to those who were considered the ‘deserving poor’.
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What were the changes in the kind of work available to women in London between the nineteenth and the twentieth century? Explain the factors which led to this change.
How did the condition of women workers change from 19th to 20th centuries in London?
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.
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.
To what extent does government regulation and new laws solve problem of pollution? Discuss one example each of the success and failure of legislation to change the quality of:
(a) Public Life
(b) Private Life
Name the novel written by Durgacharan Ray about the city of Calcutta.
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