What Were Slums In The Industrial Revolution?
slum, Densely populated area of substandard housing, usually in a city, characterized by unsanitary conditions and social disorganization. Rapid industrialization in 19th-century Europe was accompanied by rapid population growth and the concentration of working-class people in overcrowded, poorly built housing. What were the slums like during the Industrial Revolution? ‘Rookery’ is a 19th-century term for …