London labour and the London poor (Vol. 2)

London labour and the London poor (Vol. 2)

London, Londres, pauvreté, travail, société urbaine, nineteenth century, dix-neuvième siècle, Mayhew Henry, rue, sans-domicile

Extract from the Preface to Volume One :   The present volume is the first of an intended series, which it is hoped will form, when complete, a cyclopaedia of the industry, the want, and the vice of the great Metropolis. Henry Mayhew (1812 - 1887) was an English social researcher, journalist and playwright.   See also Vol. 1, Vol. 3 and the Extra Volume.  

Henry Mayhew

Charles Griffin and Company

1861

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