London Labour and the London Poor: A Cyclop]dia of the Condition and Earnings of Those That Will Work, Those That Cannot Work, and Those That Will Not
by:
Henry Mayhew (author)
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781605207407 (1605207403)
Publish date: October 1st 2009
Publisher: Cosimo Classics
Pages no: 576
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Non Fiction,
History,
Reference,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Historical Fiction,
Geography,
Economics,
Politics,
Sociology,
Cities,
Victoriana
I read this years ago as an antidote to all the English literature I was reading that I loved, but that primarily concerned the upper class: Austen, Wodehouse, Bronte, Saki, Trollope, Sayers, Christie, and so on. I wanted to know more about the rest of London (and English) society. Well-known journa...