The Image of the Child in William Blake’s Poems: The Chimney Sweeper in the Songs of Innocence and of Experience
Britain witnessed many developments and changes throughout the centuries and one of them was Industrial Revolution. It brought many issues that affected people’s life. Population and immigration were some key issues affecting the society directly. With the Industrial Revolution, people from rural areas started to migrate urbanized industrial cities and that changed the balance of cities such as London, Manchester, Liverpool, Glasgow. Thanks to their industrial significance, they became the most immigrant-receiving cities. For example, Liverpool was second port of empire. Likewise, London was one of the main centres of factories. In general, most immigrant-receiving cities provided people to have a job on the account of their large amount of job opportunities. However, immigration caused some pitiless problems among the people and in the city life. For example, London’s population was 7.2 million in 1911 (Black, 2011). These issues caused some miserable problems in the country such as housing and …show more content…
G. (2014). The Concept of ‘Nature’ in Gothic and Romantic Literature (Unpublished master's thesis). Universidad de Salamanca.
Black, J. (2011). A Brief History of Britain. London, United Kingdom: Little, Brown Book Group.
BPP (1835) First Annual Report of the Poor Law Commissioners. Sessional Papers, House of Commons, vol. 35
Galbi, D. J Popul Econ (1997) 10: 357. doi:10.1007/s001480050048
Geoff Timmins (2013) Housing Industrial Workers during the 19th Century: Back-to-Back Housing in Textile Lancashire, Industrial Archaeology Review, 35:2, 111-127, DOI: 10.1179/0309072813Z.00000000021
Greenblatt, Stephen, gen. ed. The Norton Anthology of English Literature. 9th ed. Vol 2.
A. New York: Norton, 2012. Print.
Griffin, E. (2014). Child labour. Retrieved December 20, 2016, from
Britain witnessed many developments and changes throughout the centuries and one of them was Industrial Revolution. It brought many issues that affected people’s life. Population and immigration were some key issues affecting the society directly. With the Industrial Revolution, people from rural areas started to migrate urbanized industrial cities and that changed the balance of cities such as London, Manchester, Liverpool, Glasgow. Thanks to their industrial significance, they became the most immigrant-receiving cities. For example, Liverpool was second port of empire. Likewise, London was one of the main centres of factories. In general, most immigrant-receiving cities provided people to have a job on the account of their large amount of job opportunities. However, immigration caused some pitiless problems among the people and in the city life. For example, London’s population was 7.2 million in 1911 (Black, 2011). These issues caused some miserable problems in the country such as housing and …show more content…
G. (2014). The Concept of ‘Nature’ in Gothic and Romantic Literature (Unpublished master's thesis). Universidad de Salamanca.
Black, J. (2011). A Brief History of Britain. London, United Kingdom: Little, Brown Book Group.
BPP (1835) First Annual Report of the Poor Law Commissioners. Sessional Papers, House of Commons, vol. 35
Galbi, D. J Popul Econ (1997) 10: 357. doi:10.1007/s001480050048
Geoff Timmins (2013) Housing Industrial Workers during the 19th Century: Back-to-Back Housing in Textile Lancashire, Industrial Archaeology Review, 35:2, 111-127, DOI: 10.1179/0309072813Z.00000000021
Greenblatt, Stephen, gen. ed. The Norton Anthology of English Literature. 9th ed. Vol 2.
A. New York: Norton, 2012. Print.
Griffin, E. (2014). Child labour. Retrieved December 20, 2016, from