As Europe industrialized, millions of young people migrated from the countryside to the cities. Find out in this episode what their lives were like and how the physical enviroment of the city effected their identities. Along the way, we’ll learn about major health challenges such as food adulteration, the lack of modern sanitation systems, and the quest to uncover the cause of Cholera.

Image: John Orlando Parry, A London Street Scene (1835); Alfred Dunhill Museum, London, UK.