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Author |
: Michael Fitzgerald |
Publisher |
: The History Press |
Total Pages |
: 190 |
Release |
: 2011-07-31 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780752466781 |
ISBN-13 |
: 075246678X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (81 Downloads) |
Synopsis Ragged London by : Michael Fitzgerald
Ragged London describes life in the rookeries of London, where forty people would live together in one room. Although life was a constant struggle against famine, disease and violence, the people enjoyed a closeness that was more than the result of overcrowding. Their lives were lived entirely within the 'mean streets' of their little corner of London. They were born and raised within the rookeries, earned their meagre living there, enjoyed life as best they could, dressed in the latest fashion, got married, had children, died and were buried there. The lack of cooking facilities led to them inventing the takeaway, and there was absolutely no sanitation. In the poorest district of all, St Giles, only a single water pump serviced the entire population. It was a closed world, although the population explosion of nineteenth-century London led to millions of new arrivals in the already-congested rookery districts. The areas were lawless to a degree that dwarfs contemporary concerns about crime. Though life was cheap in the rookeries, they produced some of the best soldiers and sailors in the British armed forces.
Author |
: John Hollingshead |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 372 |
Release |
: 1861 |
ISBN-10 |
: OXFORD:590496217 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (17 Downloads) |
Synopsis Ragged London in 1861 by : John Hollingshead
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: |
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: |
Total Pages |
: 296 |
Release |
: 1849 |
ISBN-10 |
: GENT:900000182337 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (37 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Ragged School Union Magazine by :
Author |
: Michael FitzGerald |
Publisher |
: The History Press |
Total Pages |
: 169 |
Release |
: 2011-07-31 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780752466781 |
ISBN-13 |
: 075246678X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (81 Downloads) |
Synopsis Ragged London by : Michael FitzGerald
Ragged London describes life in the rookeries of London, where forty people would live together in one room. Although life was a constant struggle against famine, disease and violence, the people enjoyed a closeness that was moer than the result of overcrowding. Their lives were lived entirely within the 'mean streets' of their little corner of London. They were born and raised within the rookeries, earned their meagre living there, enjoyed life as best they could, dressed in the latest fashion, got married, had children, died and were buried there. The lack of cooking facilities led to them inventing the takeaway, and there was absolutely no sanitation. In the poorest district of all, St Giles, only a single water pump serviced the entire population. It was a closed world, although the population explosion of nineteenth-century London led to millions of new arrivals in the already-congested rookery districts. The areas were lawless to a degree that dwarfs contemporary concerns about crime. Though life as cheap in the rookeries, they produced some of the best soldiers and sailors in the British armed forces.
Author |
: Edwin Hodder |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 836 |
Release |
: 1888 |
ISBN-10 |
: SRLF:AA0004155818 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (18 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Life and Work of the Seventh Earl of Shaftesbury, K.G. by : Edwin Hodder
Author |
: Edwin Hodder |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 850 |
Release |
: 1890 |
ISBN-10 |
: UCAL:B5442300 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (00 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Life and Work of the Seventh Earl of Shaftesbury by : Edwin Hodder
Author |
: Great Britain |
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: |
Total Pages |
: 1204 |
Release |
: 1867 |
ISBN-10 |
: GENT:900000112876 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (76 Downloads) |
Synopsis Paris Universal Exhibition of 1867. Catalogue of the British Section by : Great Britain
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: |
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: |
Total Pages |
: 868 |
Release |
: 1894 |
ISBN-10 |
: UOM:39015068375693 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (93 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Sunday at Home by :
Author |
: Carl Chinn |
Publisher |
: Manchester University Press |
Total Pages |
: 198 |
Release |
: 1995 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0719039908 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780719039904 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (08 Downloads) |
Synopsis Poverty Amidst Prosperity by : Carl Chinn
Demonstrates how people reacted to poverty and highlights their coping strategies
Author |
: Stephen Donovan |
Publisher |
: Broadview Press |
Total Pages |
: 313 |
Release |
: 2012-09-12 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781460400326 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1460400321 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (26 Downloads) |
Synopsis Secret Commissions by : Stephen Donovan
Lurid, controversial, and vulnerable to accusations of titillation or rabble-rousing, the works of Victorian investigative journalism collected here nonetheless brought unseen suffering into the light of day. Even today their exposure has the power to shock. As one investigator promised, “The Report of our Secret Commission will be read to-day with a shuddering horror that will thrill throughout the world.” Secret Commissions brings together nineteen key documents of Victorian investigative journalism. Their authors range from well-known writers such as Charles Dickens, Henry Mayhew, and W.T. Stead to now-forgotten names such as Hugh Shimmin, Elizabeth Banks, and Olive Malvery. Collectively, they show how unsparing descriptions of social injustice became regular features of English journalism long before the advent of American-style “muckraking.” The reports address topics as varied as child abuse, animal cruelty, juvenile prostitution, sweat-shops, slums, gypsies, abortion, infanticide, and other controversial social issues. The collection features detailed chapter introductions, original illustrations, a historical overview of investigative reporting in the nineteenth-century press, and suggestions for further reading.