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London Labour and the London Poor: Selection (Classics) Book

London Labour and the London Poor originated in a series of newspaper articles written by the great journalist Henry Mayhew between 1849 and 1850. A dozen years later, it had grown into the fullest picture we have of labouring people in the world's greatest city in the nineteenth century: a four volume account of the hopes, customs, grievances and habits of the working-classes that allows them to tell their own stories. Combining practicality with compassion, Mayhew worked unencumbered by political theory and strove solely to report on the lives of the London poor, their occupations and trades. This selection shows how well he succeeded. From costermongers to ex-convicts, from chimney-sweeps to vagrants, the underprivileged of London are uniquely brought to life - their plight expressed through a startling blend of first person accounts, Mayhew's perceptions, and sharp statistics.Read More

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  • ASDA

    From costermongers to ex-convicts from chimney-sweeps to vagrants the underprivileged of London are brought to life in this book where their plight is expressed through a blend of first person accounts and statistics. It originated in a series of newspaper articles that grew into a four volume account of the working-classes of London.

  • Blackwell

    Unflinching reports of Londonas poor from a prolific and influential English writer London Labour and the London Poor originated in a series of articles, later published in four volumes, written for the Morning Chronicle in 1849 and 1850 when...

  • Penguin

    'I shall consider the whole of the metropolitan poor under three separate phases, according as they will work, they can't work, and they won't work.

  • Pickabook

    Henry Mayhew, Victor Neuburg, Victor Neuburg (Editor)

  • 0140432418
  • 9780140432411
  • Henry Mayhew
  • 27 April 2006
  • Penguin Classics
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 510
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