Man-Made Pollution Existed Long Source: "The Conditions of the Before Industrial Revolution : Society Working Class in England" by the
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German socialist revolutionary
Friedrich Engels, published in 1844.
"Every great town has one or more
slum areas where workers struggle
through life as best they can out of
sight of the more fortunate classes of society. The slums ... are generally
an unplanned wilderness of one or two - storied houses. Wherever
possible these have basements which are also used as living spaces. The
streets are usually unpaved, full of holes, dirty and strewn with garbage.
Since they have neither gutters or drains, the garbage accumulates in
stagnant, stinking puddles. The view of the City of Manchester is quite
typical. The main river is narrow, black and full of stinking filth and
garbage ... one walks along a very rough path on the river bank to reach
a chaotic group of little one-storey, one room cabins ... in front of the
doors, filth and garbage ..."
1) Explain the historical circumstance that led to what is being described in
this excerpt by Friedrich Engels