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A 7 page paper which discusses how
various countries within Europe urbanized more rapidly than others. Bibliography lists 4
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was to stimulate the growth of cities" and the growth of urbanization (Anonymous HS-12 Readings: Urbanization, 2001; urban.html). Interestingly enough, throughout much of Europe there was only 17% of the
population which lived in cities in 1801, but by "1851, the percentage increased to 35%, and by 1891, it was 54%" (Anonymous HS-12 Readings: Urbanization, 2001; urban.html). As we can
see, the reason for the growth in urbanization was due mainly to the Industrial Revolution and the changes that the revolution brought. And, as would be imagined, some areas urbanized
far more rapidly than others. In the following paper we examine the urbanization of Europe, discussing why some areas progressed far more rapidly than others during the 19th century.
European Urbanization "Growth accelerated and was most remarkable in England in the first half of the nineteenth century. An industrial midlands involving the cities of Manchester, Birmingham and Leeds
grew in an area which, in the mid-eighteenth century, was almost entirely rural" (Anonymous HS-12 Readings: Urbanization, 2001; urban.html). At the same time it appears that London, Paris, Vienna, Berlin,
Rome, Madrid, and New York were also growing "dramatically" (Anonymous HS-12 Readings: Urbanization, 2001; urban.html). Such incredible growth was so powerful, and so overpowering, that many cities could not keep
pace with the demands and problems such as "lack of sanitation, accumulation of sewage, high rates of disease, high rates of crime, and desperate poverty" became a serious concern (Anonymous
HS-12 Readings: Urbanization, 2001; urban.html). For the most part, it was England who held much of the power in terms of urbanization and this was due to the fact
that they did not wish others to know of their industrialized knowledge. As one author states, "The English tried to keep their monopoly on industrial processes by forbidding their spread
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