London Labour and the London Poor, Vol. 1 is Henry Mayhew’s collection of essays and interviews about the street folk of Victorian London—sellers, performers, artisans and labourers. It offers a vivid social panorama of work, hardship and daily survival. Readers interested in history and urban life will find it a detailed documentary record.
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HENRY MAYHEW. [From a Daguerreotype by BŧĵǡŠ.] LONDON LABOUR AND THE LONDON POOR A Cyclopædia of the Condition and Earnings OF THOSE THAT WILL WORK THOSE THAT CANNOT WORK, AND THOSE THAT WILL NOT WORK BY HENRY MAYHEW THE LONDON STREET-FOLK COMPRISING STREET SELLERS · STREET BUYERS · STREET FINDERS STREET PERFORMERS · STREET ARTIZANS · STREET LABOURERS WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS FROM PHOTOGRAPHS VOLUME ONE
First edition 1851 (Volume One only and parts of Volumes Two and Three) Enlarged edition (Four volumes) 1861-62 New impression 1865
CONTENTS он VOLUME I. THE STREET-FOLK. PAGE WANDERING TRIBES IN GENERAL 1 2 WANDERING TRIBES IN THE COUNTRY З THE LONDON STREET-FOLK 4 COSTERMONGERS STREET SELLERS OF FISH 61 79 STREET SELLERS OF FRUIT AND VEGETABLES STATIONARY STREET SELLERS OF FISH, FRUIT, AND VEGETABLES 97 THE STREET IRISH 104 120 STREET SELLERS OF GAME, POULTRY, RABBITS, BUTTER, CHEESE, AND EGGS STREET SELLERS OF TREES, SHRUBS, FLOWERS, ROOTS, SEEDS, AND BRANCHES STREET SELLERS OF GREEN STUff 145 STREET SELLERS OF EATABLES AND DRINKABLES 158 STREET SELLERS OF STATIONERY, LITERATURE, AND THE FINE 213 ARTS STREET SELLERS OF MANUFACTURED ARTICLES 323 THE WOMEN STREET SELLERS 457 THE CHILDREN STREET SELLERS 468
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