HIST 2F20 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Erasmus Darwin, Industrial Revolution, Josiah Wedgwood
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What were key theories coming out of this period, and how do they reflect broader social and political contexts: ascension of victoria. Patriarchal model that came out of romantic notions of women"s domestic influence. From mid-nineteenth century, middle-class women"s social position came to be defined by domestic ideology. Empowering for some women, in terms of the significance given to home role. New sense of duty to bear children. Social investigation: friedrich engels, (1820-1895, german-born manchester manufacturer, the conditions of the working class in england, 1844, karl marx, (1818-1883, german-born philosopher, exiled in london, das kapital, 1867-1894. Henry mayhew: (1812-1887, journalist and social researchers, cofounded punch magazine, 1841, one of the first journalists to capture the voices of the working classes, london labour and the london poor, 1851. Charles booth: (1840-1916, social investigator, life and labour of the people in london, 1889, mapped all of metropolitan london by social class, ranking from upper-middle and upper classes.
