Inspector Calls 1912 context
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- Created on: 16-05-17 19:07
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- Inspector Calls Context- 1912 (time play is set in)
- Rich and upper class did not believe in war.
- rich and poor never mixed
- strict social hierachy
- Time of prosperity for some - industrial revolution
- second industrial revolution saw huge technological advances and appalling work conditions.
- Growing numbers of industrial workers concentrated in big cities were an important forced for social change- trade unions
- Working women- bottom of the social hierachy.
- poor women reguarly driven to prostitution
- suffragettes and suffragists were becoming a movement.
- Start of 20th century: Very stereotypical role in British society. simple expected to marry and have children.
- Nearly all women reliant on father then husband.
- no minimum wage
- Labour party created in 1900
- Socialism
- individuals do not live or work alone but live in co-operation with eachother
- Capitalism
- social system based on the principle of individual rights. You work and earn as an individual.
- Rich and upper class did not believe in war.
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