The Metropolitan Poor Vol 6
Semifactual Accounts, 1795-1910
1st Edition
Published on 1. December 1999
Book
Hardback
424 pages
978-1-138-76167-4 (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: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
940 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-138-76167-4 (9781138761674)
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Persons
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Content
VOLUME 6 In darkest England, 1880-1900; J. Ewing Ritchie, Extracts from Days and nights in London (1880) Stories and episodes of Home Mission Work (1881) T. C. Garland, Extracts from Leaves from my log (1882) Anon. [A. Mearns], The bitter cry of outcast London (1883) Anon., Down in the depths of outcast London (1884) One dinner a week, and Travels in the East (1884) D. Rice Jones, Extracts from In the slums (1884) Anon. [A. Mearns], Extracts from Light and shade (1885) T. G. Barnardo, Extracts from Something attempted, something done(1889) W. H. Booth, Extracts from In darkest England and the way out(1890) H. Walker, Extracts from East London (1896) J. Salter Index