GGR240H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Infant Mortality, Spinning Jenny, Consumerism
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The steam engline and the spinning jenny - these an other led to the construction of large mills and factories and migration into cities. The consequences of industrialization for urbanization: two general images: prometheus unbound - taming, realeasing, and channeling the energies ofnature. Massive polution, - ripping out the forest: the age of great cities - a greater proportion of population living in cities than ever before. City grew from one day to another, Quote by captain basil - describing the cities. Rochester , ny - a place where raw materials brough from country side and processes in the city, And sorted out and then sent out to other regions. The railroad in the city: a lasting impact on urban geography. Railway making possible all the communication and transportation. Housing the workers and bring them from country side. City officials had no choice but had to allow it to come into the cities, for the growth and prosperity.
