Medieval and modern times : an introduction to the history of western Europe form the dissolution of the Roman empire to the present time . rom thirty to a hundred street cleaners and boasted thatthe street lamps were lighted every night, while many townscontented themselves with dirty streets and with light duringthe winter months, and then only when the moon was notscheduled to shine. Even the famous cities of Italy, — Milan, Genoa, Florence,Rome, — notwithstanding their beautiful palaces and publicbuildings, were, with the exception of water-bound Venice,crowded into the narrow compass of t
Medieval and modern times : an introduction to the history of western Europe form the dissolution of the Roman empire to the present time . rom thirty to a hundred street cleaners and boasted thatthe street lamps were lighted every night, while many townscontented themselves with dirty streets and with light duringthe winter months, and then only when the moon was notscheduled to shine. Even the famous cities of Italy, — Milan, Genoa, Florence,Rome, — notwithstanding their beautiful palaces and publicbuildings, were, with the exception of water-bound Venice,crowded into the narrow compass of the town wall, and theirstreets were narrow and crooked. Another contrast between the towns of the eighteenth centuryand those of to-day lay in the absence of the great wholesalewarehouses, the vast factories with their tall chimneys, and theattractive department stores which may now be found in everycity from Dublin to Budapest. Commerce and industry were ingeneral conducted upon a very small scale, except at the greatports like London, Antwerp, or Amsterdam, where goods comingfrom and going to the colonies were brought m m m
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