The Metropolitan Poor Vol 3
Semifactual Accounts, 1795-1910
1st Edition
Published on 1. December 1999
Book
Hardback
424 pages
978-1-138-76164-3 (ISBN)
Description
This is a collection of primary materials on the metropolitan poor. It includes the writings of urban travellers and social reformers, and contains writings from the last five years of the 18th century, that is, from the time when the poor were first discovered as endemic to the nation.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Academic and Postgraduate
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
735 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-138-76164-3 (9781138761643)
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Persons
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Content
VOLUME 3 People of the abyss, 1885-1910 W. H. Stead, The maiden tribute of modern Babylon (1885) Anon., Extracts from Indoor paupers, by one of them (1885) A. White, Extracts from The problems of a great city (1886) H.J. Goldsmid, Extracts from Dottings of a dosser (1886) G. R. Sims, Extracts from How the poor live (1889) G. R. Sims, Extracts from Horrible London (1889) C. Booth, Extracts from Life and labour of the people (1889) G. Haw, Extracts from No room to live (1900) C. F. G. Masterman, Extracts from The heart of empire (1902) G. Haw, Extracts from Britain's homes (1902) J. London, Extracts from The people of the abyss (1903) L. Cope Cornford, Extracts from The canker at the heart (1905). C. Malvery, Extracts from The soul market (1906) G. R. Sims, Extracts from The black stain (1907) G. R. Sims, Extracts from Off the beaten track (1911)