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Down and Out in Eighteenth-Century London

Autor Tim Hitchcock
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 31 oct 2004
London in the 18th century was the greatest city in the world. It was a magnet that drew men and women from the rest of England in huge numbers. For a few the streets were paved with gold, but for the majority it was a harsh world with little guarantee of money or food. For the poor and destitute, London's streets offered little more than the barest living. Yet men, women and children found a great variety of ways to eke out their existence, sweeping roads, selling matches, singing ballads and performing all sorts of menial labor. Many of these activities, apart from the direct begging of the disabled, depended on an appeal to charity, but one often mixed with threats and promises. Down and Out in Eighteenth-Century London provides a remarkable insight into the lives of Londoners, for all of whom the demands of charity and begging were part of their everyday world.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781852852818
ISBN-10: 185285281X
Pagini: 360
Ilustrații: 1
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.72 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Hambledon Continuum
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

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Caracteristici

*Familiar to many from Hogarth prints, the squalor of life in eighteenth-century London had never before been properly documented. *The book draws on a vast range of original sources, from documentary evidence to poetry and popular prints. *It is sure to be of interest to everyone facsinated by this colourful period. Hitchcock does for eighteenth-century London what Henry Mayhew and Gustave Doré did for the nineteenth.

Cuprins

Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Introduction
1 The Streets of London
2 Sleeping Rough
3 Pauper Professions
4 Menaces and Promises
5 The Rhetoric of Rags
6 Begging from the Parish
7 Charity in Stone
8 The Begging Year
9 A Beggar's Mask
10 The History of the Poor
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Recenzii

"Masterly..."History Today, July 2010
'The excellent text is married with a splendid array of illustrations making this a revelatory and engrossing history.' Sue Baker, 'Personal Choice', Publishing News