Chapter : 3. Work, Life & Leisure - Cities in Count. World
Industrialization and Rise of Modern City in England
(a) Industrialization and Rise of Modern City in England :
(i) The early industrial cities of Britain such as Leeds and Manchester attracted large numbers of migrants to the textile milis set up in the late eighteenth century.
(ii) By 1750, one out of every nine people of England and Wales lived in London. It was a colossal city with a population of about 675,000. Over the nineteenth century, London continued to expand. Its population multiplied fourfold in the 70 years between 1810 and 1880, increasing from 1 million to about 4 million.
(iii) The city of London was a powerful magnet for migrant populations, even though it did not have large factories. Apart from the London dockyards, five major types of industries employed large numbers : clothing and footwear, wood and furniture, metals and engineering, printing and stationary, and precision products such as surgical instruments, watches, and objects of precious metal.
(iv) During the first World War (1914-18) the number of large factories increased until they accounted for nearly one-third of all jobs in the city.
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