Class Division In The 19th Century

lass division played a significant role in shaping the image of 19th century cities such as London and Paris. The gap between classes could reach enormous sizes subdividing a city into nominal enclaves and districts. It is critical to note that the mechanism of class division is very complicated and can be analyzed through different lens. The essay at hand targets to provide a comprehensive analysis of three principles of class division in the 19th century: formal, territorial, and psychological. Three of them had a powerful impact on shaping the image of cities.

The first example of the class division that shaped the image of the big cities such as London and Paris in the 19th century is the formal division. In this view the contemporary

rapid growing cities was conditioned urban unemployment in England and Paris.One of the main problem was that Paris was attackted by migrants and the half of population were form outside of city,”housing problems 30%increase in the number of houses and population increases by nearly 100% in same period”(lecture 5).As such, different social classes would tend to settle down according to the relevant strata forming large simulated “enclaves” which exhibited the distinctive characteristics of their inhabitants. In this view, one of the most vivid examples of the territorial class division is the East and West Ends of the 19th century London. The former was associated with the underclass and poor immigrants arriving at the capital in search of quick earnings. The latter would, on the contrary, be identified with wealth and prosperity since most of its residents belonged to the called bourgeoisie. It is needless to explain that the territorial class division would shape the city in a highly peculiar manner. Thus, the East End would symbolize the stranglehold of poverty and depravity. Apart from the evidently unpleasant connotations, its image would likewise involve an objectively frightening implication due to the enormously high criminal rates. The West End would, on the contrary, be identified with wealth and relative