The London Underworld in the Victorian Period: v. 1
Authentic First-Person Accounts by Beggars, Thieves and Prostitutes
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Dover Publications Inc.
Published:28th Oct '05
Should be back in stock very soon

The first and possibly the greatest sociological study of poverty in 19th-century London. Mayhew and his collaborators explored hundreds of miles of London streets in the 1840s and 1850s, gathering thousands of pages of testimony from the city's humblest residents. A classic reference source for sociologists, historians, and criminologists.
ISBN: 9780486440064
Dimensions: 216mm x 140mm x 20mm
Weight: 510g
416 pages