Chapter 6
Work life
and leasure
in brief 1. Give two reasons why the
population of London expanded from the middle of the eighteenth century. 2. What were the changes in the kind of work
available to women in London between the nineteenth and the twentieth
century? Explain the factors which led
to this change. 3. How does the
existence of a large urban population affect each of the following? Illustrate with historical examples. a) A private landlord b) A police
superintendent in charge of law and order c) A leader of a political party 4.
Give explanations for the following: a) Why well - off Londoners supported the
need to build housing for the poor in the
nineteenth century b) Why a number of Bombay films were about the lives
of migrants. c) What led to the major expansion
of Bombay's population in the mid - nineteenth century. Discuss 1. What forms of entertainment came
up in nineteenth century England to provide leisure activities for the
people. 2. Explain the social changes in
London which led to the need for the Underground railway Why was the development
of the Underground criticized? 3.
Explain what is meant by the Haussmanisation of Paris. To what extent would you support or oppose
this form of development? Write a letter
to the editor of a newspaper, to either support or oppose this, giving reasons
for your view. 4. To what extent does
government regulation and new laws solve problems of pollution? Discuss one example each of the success and
failure of legislation to change the quality of a) public life b) private life
project make sure you walch any one of the Mumbai films discussed in this
chapter. Compare and contrast the
portrayal of the city in a film discussed in this chapter, with a film set in
Mumbai, which you have recently seen.
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