Getty Images The slums of the Industrial Revolution were a breeding ground for disease Dr Hussey said: "In modern terms, it was a very 'woke' time. "People were asking questions about rights ...

We can’t peer down from the moon to see what it looked like before the Industrial Revolution ... South Asia to Sub-Saharan Africa evolve from slums into modern metropolises—and bring electrici ...

As African birth rates soar and slums proliferate ... This social-social mentality emerged with the Industrial Revolution, which separated us from nature. But nature is coming back with a ...

A small village surrounded by farmland became one of the biggest council estates in the country where generations of families ...

The Industrial Revolution was changing the face of the ... a notorious, almost Dickensian slum in Carlisle. Life was tough, as James's genealogy proves. His first wife, Jane Harrison, died of ...

Hall i’th’ Wood has been placed on Historic England’s Heritage at Risk Register, which marks sites of significant historical importance ...

In 1999, Mitra embedded a computer into the wall of a Kalkaji, New Delhi, slum where children were ... Pettis has helped usher in a new industrial revolution: No longer are people at the mercy ...

Classic industrial revolution – big buildings ... as we would know them but small lanes and entries. These were slum areas, overcrowded and housing the poor. Though the dwellings are long ...

30 St Mary Axe (the Gherkin) in London. Image © Nigel Young - Foster + Partners Ever since the Industrial Revolution and the introduction of mass production, the ...

The government says the city’s smallest apartments need more regulation. For some of Hong Kong’s poorest, that could mean ...