Manchester's Industrial Society
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ManchesterÆs industrial society is integrally linked to urban form and the culture of time, organically metamorphosing in consonance with both. As the industrial society evolved into a dichotomy of workers versus the bourgeoisie, so the urban form of the city also became divided into an industrial core and a remote suburbanized outlying area. This growth pattern was not consciously and deliberately created by ManchesterÆs people, who instead tried to preserve the urban form where the ôbourgeois aristocracyö kept their homes near the core, where their business headquarters were located. However, as in many industrialized cities, the urban form changed as a result of the effects of urbanization; in the cityÆs industrial core, where the smoke, filth, and noise abounded, it was difficult for the bourgeoisie to lead the lives they were accustomed to. The city became alien to their lifestyle, ôestrangement,ö no longer communicating to its residents in a language that they know. Within the same context, the culture of time changed, as well. Working hours increased; special religious and political festivals that had formerly signaled a respite from work bec
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