EUH 2011 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Reform Act 1832, Peterloo Massacre, Electoral District
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In marxism, proletarianization is the social process whereby people move from being either an employer or self-employed (or rarely unemployed), to being employed as wage labor by an employer. In marxian theory, proletarianization is often seen as the most important form of downward social mobility. Rotten boroughs a borough that was able to elect a representative to parliament though having very few voters, the choice of representative typically being in the hands of one person or family. Corn laws measures enforced in the united kingdom between 1815 and 1846, which imposed restrictions and tariffs on imported grain. They were designed to keep grain prices high to favour domestic producers. Peterloo massacre occurred at st peter"s field, manchester, england, on 16 august 1819, when cavalry charged into a crowd of 60,000-80,000 who had gathered to demand the reform of parliamentary representation. William iv was king of the united kingdom of great britain and ireland and king of hanover from 26 june.
