The Metropolitan Poor Vol 5
Semifactual Accounts, 1795-1910
1st Edition
Published on 1. December 1999
Book
Hardback
374 pages
978-1-138-76166-7 (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
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
850 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-138-76166-7 (9781138761667)
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Persons
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Content
VOLUME 5 Heathenism at home, 1855-1880 J. Ewing Ritchie, Extracts from The night side of London (1857) F. Meyrick, Extracts from The outcast and the poor of London (1858) LNR [Louise Ranyard], Extracts from The missing link (1860) Anon. [E. Barlee], Extracts from Our homeless poor (1860) J. Mullens, Extracts from London and Calcutta, compared in their heathenism ( 1869) J. Salter, Extracts from The Asiatic in England (1873) Anon. [G. Holden Pike], Extracts from Children reclaimed for life. The story of Dr. Barnardo's work in London (1875) J.M. Weylland, Extracts from Round the tower (1875) G. Holden Pike, Extracts from Golden Lane (1876) W.R. Cosens, London dens and mission work among them (1863)