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Teachers' Resource Web Study Questions on Friedrich Engels "The Great Towns," from Condition of Working
Class in England 1. How does Engels' style of description in "The Great Towns" contrast with Mayhew's in London Labour and the London Poor? What philosophical differences concerning the "object" (the people) being described underlie the two writers' differences in style? 2. In characterizing industrial London, why does Engels dwell upon the impressiveness of what he has observed? What relation between London's people and its buildings and activities does that characterization allow him to emphasize? 3. How does Engels characterize London's people and their activities? What phrases does he employ? In what sense might his language amount to a comment on the deterministic power of industrial capitalism over the working class?
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