To what extent does government regulation and new laws solve problems of pollution?
[question] Question. 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 [/question] [solution] Solution: Government laws play an important role in controlling the rates of pollution in a city. However, simply passing laws is not enough. They need to be properly enforced as well. It is also a fact that people tend to find ways of getting aro...
Explain what is meant by the Haussmanisation of Paris.
[question] Question. 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. [/question] [solution] Solution: Haussmanisation of Paris refers to the re-building of Paris by Baron Haussmann in the mid-eighteenth century. When Louis Napoleon III came to power, he appointed Haussmann as the chief architect of the new city. H...
Explain the social changes in London which led to the need for the Underground railway.
[question] Question. Explain the social changes in London which led to the need for the Underground railway. Why was the development of the Underground criticised? [/question] [solution] Solution: The development of suburbs as a part of the drive to decongest London led to the extension of the city beyond the range where people could walk to work. Though these suburbs had been built, the people could not be persuaded to leave the city and stay far away from their places of work in the absence of...
What forms of entertainment came up in nineteenth century England to provide leisure activities for the people.
[question] Question. What forms of entertainment came up in nineteenth century England to provide leisure activities for the people. [/question] [solution] Solution: Forms of entertainment that came up in nineteenth-century England to provide leisure activities for the people were aplenty. For the upper classes, an annual “London Season” was one of the sources of leisure. It comprised the opera, the theatre and classical music events. For the working classes, pubs, discussions and meetings for p...
Give explanations for the following: (a) Why well-off Londoners supported the need to build housing for the poor in the nineteenth century.
[question] Question. 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. [/question] [solution] Solution: (a) Well-off Londoners supported the need to build housing for the poor in the nineteenth century on account of three reasons: one-room houses of the...
How does the existence of a large urban population affect each of the following? Illustrate with historical examples.
[question] Question. 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 [/question] [solution] Solution: (a) The existence of a large urban population means that there would be greater number of individuals in need of a place to stay. This increased demand for places of residence is profitable for private landlords who ...
What were the changes in the kind of work available to women in London between the nineteenth and the twentieth century?
[question] Question. 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. [question] [solution] Solution: Changes in the kind of work available to women in London between the nineteenth and the twentieth century were primarily based on industrial and technological advancements. Consequently, women had to work in households for a living, and this led to an increase in the number of do...
Give two reasons why the population of London expanded from the middle of the eighteenth century.
[question] Question. Give two reasons why the population of London expanded from the middle of the eighteenth century. [/question] [solution] Solution: The city of London was a magnet for the migrant populations due to the job opportunities provided by its dockyards and industries. By 1750, one out of every nine people of England and Wales lived in London. So, the population of London kept expanding through the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. During the first world war, London began manufac...