London Labour and the London Poor, Vol. 3 by Henry Mayhew
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"London Labour and the London Poor, Vol. 3" by Henry Mayhew is a work of Victorian journalism published in 1851. Through detailed interviews and careful observations, Mayhew documents the lives of London's working poor—from rat catchers to street sellers, mudlarks to pure-finders collecting dog dung. He captures the chaos of street markets, the desperation of obsolete trades, and the precarious existence of thousands in the world's richest city. Combining vivid descriptions with
statistical analysis, Mayhew creates an unparalleled portrait of Victorian London's hidden underclass. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Mayhew, Henry, 1812-1887 |
|---|---|
| Title | London Labour and the London Poor, Vol. 3 |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Labour_and_the_London_Poor |
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Produced by Henry Flower, Suzanne Lybarger, the booksmiths at eBookForge and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 77.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | HV: Social sciences: Social pathology, Social and Public Welfare |
| Subject | Poor -- England -- London |
| Subject | London (England) -- Social conditions |
| Subject | Criminals -- England -- London |
| Subject | Prostitution -- England -- London |
| Subject | Charities -- England -- London |
| Subject | Working class -- England -- London |
| Subject | Unemployed -- England -- London |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 57060 |
| Release Date | Apr 27, 2018 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 1421 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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