London Labour and the London Poor (Wordsworth Classics of World Literature)
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Data di pubblicazione
4 Marzo 2008
Lingua
Inglese
Formato
Edizione in brossura
Pagine
688
ISBN-10
1840226196
ISBN-13
9781840226195
Descrizione del libro
"London Labour and the London Poor" is a masterpiece of personal inquiry and social observation. It is the classic account of life below the margins in the greatest Metropolis in the world and a compelling portrait of the habits, tastes, amusements, appearance, speech, humour, earnings and opinions of the labouring poor at the time of the Great Exhibition. In scope, depth and detail it remains unrivalled. Mayhew takes us into the abyss, into a world without fixed employment where skills ar
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