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Cargando... London Labour and the London Poor (Oxford World's Classics)por Henry Mayhew
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'I go about the street with water-creases crying, "Four bunches a penny, water-creases."'London Labour and the London Poor is an extraordinary work of investigative journalism, a work of literature, and a groundbreaking work of sociology. Mayhew conducted hundreds of interviews with London's street traders, entertainers, thieves and beggars which revealed that the 'two nations' of rich and poor in Victorian Britainwere much closer than many people thought. By turns alarming, touching, and funny, the pages of London Labour and the London Poor exposed a previously hidden world to view. The first-hand accounts of costermongers andstreet-sellers, of sewer-scavenger and chimney-sweep, are intimate and detailed and provide an unprecedented insight into their day-to-day struggle for survival. Combined with Mayhew's obsessive data gathering, these stories have an immediacy that owes much to his sympathetic understanding and highly effective literary style. This new selection offers a cross-section of the original volumes and their evocative illustrations, and includes an illuminating introduction toHenry Mayhew and the genesis and influence of his work. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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Google Books — Cargando... GénerosSistema Decimal Melvil (DDC)305.5690942109034Social sciences Social Sciences; Sociology and anthropology Groups of people Class Lower, alienated, excluded classes Poor people History, geographic treatment, biography Europe England & Wales London History, geographic treatment, biography 1500- Modern Period 1800-1899 19th CenturyClasificación de la Biblioteca del CongresoValoraciónPromedio:
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