The London Underworld in the Victorian Period: Authentic First-Person Accounts by Beggars, Thieves and Prostitutes
by:
Henry Mayhew (author)
The first and possibly the greatest sociological study of poverty in 19th-century London. Mayhew and his collaborators explored hundreds of miles of London streets in the 1840s and 1850s, gathering thousands of pages of testimony from the city's humblest residents. A classic reference source for...
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The first and possibly the greatest sociological study of poverty in 19th-century London. Mayhew and his collaborators explored hundreds of miles of London streets in the 1840s and 1850s, gathering thousands of pages of testimony from the city's humblest residents. A classic reference source for sociologists, historians, and criminologists.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780486440064 (0486440060)
ASIN: 486440060
Publish date: July 25th 2005
Publisher: Dover Publications
Pages no: 416
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
History,
Reference,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Historical Fiction,
Mystery,
19th Century,
Crime,
Social,
Research,
Victoriana