London Labour and the London Poor,9780199697571

London Labour and the London Poor

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ISBN13: 9780199697571
ISBN10: 0199697574
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2012-05-18
Publisher(s): Oxford University Press
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Summary

By turns alarming, touching, and funny, the pages of London Labour and the London Poorexposed a previously hidden world to view. Henry Mayhew conducted hundreds of interviews that provided a first-hand account of costermongers and street-sellers, of sewer-scavengers and chimney-sweeps, an intimate and detailed portrait that offered unprecedented insight into their day-to-day struggle for survival. This new selection offers a cross-section of the original volumes and their evocative illustrations, and includes among other features an illuminating introduction by Robert Douglas-Fairhurst that looks at Mayhew's life and career, the genesis and development of the book, and its influence on contemporaries such as Dickens and Kingsley.

Author Biography


Robert Douglas-Fairhurst is Fellow and Tutor in English at Magdalen College, Oxford.

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