How Do Cities Change In The 19th Century
The nineteenth century was a time of great changes in politics, economics, and religion. Revolutions overthrew governments. Capitalism forever changed labor. Science took the monopoly of information away from the church. What was once thought of as impossible before became possible in the nineteenth century. The King of France was beheaded. Serfdom was abolished and replaced by wage labor. Science made believers question religious institutions. Almost all aspects of life drastically changed during the nineteenth century, and no aspects were fully safe from changes. To some, order became something to strive for. Radicals came to terms with the massive transformations of the nineteenth century by using the fantastic to imagine a world where
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The nineteenth century saw the negative effects of industrialization on the cities: pollution, poverty, crime, and cleanliness. The seemingly disorderly way capitalism works confused people of the nineteenth century. Etienne Cabet, a utopian socialist, used the fantastic to imagine an ideal centrally planned city of order, cleanliness, and safety. This city would be known as Icara . Icara was a response to all the disorder that industrialization and capitalism had brought cities. Instead of the unplanned mess of industrial development and commerce, Cabet imagines a city where everything is planned just right (Cabet, 3). The factories, hospitals, and cemeteries are all on the outskirts of town to keep pollution from the city center (Cabet, 3). Instead of a wide variety of stores, an industry will have only one store(Cabet, 6). This is very different than London or Paris. Cabet also imagines a city with the technology to collect all the mud and dust, create clean emission trains, create odorless gas lamps, and prevent damages to buildings during storms (Cabet, 3,5). All of which keep Icara clean and orderly. The planning of Icara focused heavily on ways to keep the city clean shown in the way the roads and sidewalks are built (Cabet, 3). Icara places a huge emphasis on the importance of public safety. Steel tracks for horse drawn carriages line the streets of Icara to prevent accidents and keep carriage traffic moving efficiently (Cabet, 4). Icara uses dogs as delivery animals since they cause less accidents than horses
The nineteenth century saw the negative effects of industrialization on the cities: pollution, poverty, crime, and cleanliness. The seemingly disorderly way capitalism works confused people of the nineteenth century. Etienne Cabet, a utopian socialist, used the fantastic to imagine an ideal centrally planned city of order, cleanliness, and safety. This city would be known as Icara . Icara was a response to all the disorder that industrialization and capitalism had brought cities. Instead of the unplanned mess of industrial development and commerce, Cabet imagines a city where everything is planned just right (Cabet, 3). The factories, hospitals, and cemeteries are all on the outskirts of town to keep pollution from the city center (Cabet, 3). Instead of a wide variety of stores, an industry will have only one store(Cabet, 6). This is very different than London or Paris. Cabet also imagines a city with the technology to collect all the mud and dust, create clean emission trains, create odorless gas lamps, and prevent damages to buildings during storms (Cabet, 3,5). All of which keep Icara clean and orderly. The planning of Icara focused heavily on ways to keep the city clean shown in the way the roads and sidewalks are built (Cabet, 3). Icara places a huge emphasis on the importance of public safety. Steel tracks for horse drawn carriages line the streets of Icara to prevent accidents and keep carriage traffic moving efficiently (Cabet, 4). Icara uses dogs as delivery animals since they cause less accidents than horses