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Book Synopsis Ragged London by : Michael Fitzgerald
Download or read book Ragged London written by Michael Fitzgerald and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2011-07-31 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Book Synopsis Ragged London in 1861 by : John Hollingshead
Download or read book Ragged London in 1861 written by John Hollingshead and published by . This book was released on 1861 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Ragged London by : Michael FitzGerald
Download or read book Ragged London written by Michael FitzGerald and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2011-07-31 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Book Synopsis The Ragged School Union Magazine by :
Download or read book The Ragged School Union Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1853 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book London ... written by and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis London: City of the Dead by : David Brandon
Download or read book London: City of the Dead written by David Brandon and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2022-06-30 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: London: City of the Dead is a groundbreaking account of London's dealing with death, covering the afterlife, execution, bodysnatching, murder, fatal disease, spiritualism, bizarre deaths and cemeteries. Taking the reader from Roman London to the 'glorious dead' of the First World War, this is the first systematic look at London's culture of death, with analysis of its customs and superstitions, rituals and representations. The authors of the celebrated London: The Executioner's City (Sutton, 2006) weave their way through the streets of London once again, this time combining some of the capital's most curious features, such as London's Necropolis Railway and Brookwood Cemetery, with the culture of death exposed in the works of great writers such as Dickens. The book captures for the first time a side of the city that has always been every bit as fascinating and colourful as other better known aspects of the metropolis. It shows London in all its moods - serious, comic, tragic and heroic-and celebrates its robust acceptance of the only certainty in life.
Book Synopsis Secret Commissions by : Stephen Donovan
Download or read book Secret Commissions written by Stephen Donovan and published by Broadview Press. This book was released on 2012-09-12 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Book Synopsis London, a Social History by : Roy Porter
Download or read book London, a Social History written by Roy Porter and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An extraordinary city, London grew from a backwater in the Classical Age into an important medieval city and significant Renaissance urban center to a modern colossus--full of a free people ever evolving. Roy Porter touches the pulse of his hometown and makes it our own, capturing London's fortunes, people, and imperial glory with vigor and wit. 58 photos.
Book Synopsis The London Quarterly & Holborn Review by :
Download or read book The London Quarterly & Holborn Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1886 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis City of London Livery Companies' Commission by : Great Britain. London livery companies commission
Download or read book City of London Livery Companies' Commission written by Great Britain. London livery companies commission and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 854 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Catalogue of the London Library ... by : London Library
Download or read book Catalogue of the London Library ... written by London Library and published by . This book was released on 1875 with total page 1102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Life and Work of the Seventh Earl of Shaftesbury by : Edwin Hodder
Download or read book The Life and Work of the Seventh Earl of Shaftesbury written by Edwin Hodder and published by . This book was released on 1886 with total page 590 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Catalogue of the London Library ...: Catalogue by : London Library
Download or read book Catalogue of the London Library ...: Catalogue written by London Library and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 1188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The art journal London written by and published by . This book was released on 1867 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Miscellaneous written by and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 786 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Health Exhibition Literature: Miscellaneous by :
Download or read book The Health Exhibition Literature: Miscellaneous written by and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 814 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Catalogue of the Lending Department of the Library of the Corporation of the City of London by : Corporation of London. Library
Download or read book Catalogue of the Lending Department of the Library of the Corporation of the City of London written by Corporation of London. Library and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
