For the answer to the question above, millions of peasants came into the towns or worked in rural factories and mines. In the last half-century of the old regime, the Empire's urban population grew from 7 to 28 million people. Factory conditions were terrible. T<span>he worker 'raised on the frugal habits of rural life' was 'much more easily satisfied' than his counterpart in Europe or North America, so that 'low wages appeared as a fortunate gift to Russian enterprise'. </span><span>Shopfloors were crammed with dangerous machinery. There were frequent accidents. Yet most workers were denied a legal right to insurance and, if they lost an eye or limb, could expect no more than a few roubles' compensation.</span>
The quote is essentially picking at how horrible imperialism is a society as it can control daily lives through fear. It is a government’s way of controlling their people through political and economic power.
The Great Wall of China's history began in the Spring and Autumn Period (770–476 BC), was first completed in the Qin Dynasty (221–206 BC), and was last rebuilt as a defense in the Ming Dynasty (1368–1644).
