Outcast London (Penguin History) - Softcover

Gareth Stedman Jones

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9780140153606: Outcast London (Penguin History)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0140153608 ISBN 13: 9780140153606
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd, 1991

Synopsis

In the second half of the 19th century, Victorian civilization felt increasingly threatened by "outcast London". This is a study of the problem that was at the centre of the crisis: the casual poor and their relation with the labour market, with housing and with middle-class London.

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About the Author

Gareth Stedman Jones is a Fellow of King’s College, Cambridge University and in 2010 become Professor of the History of Ideas at Queen Mary, University of London. He is the author of An End to Poverty? and Languages of Class: Studies in Working-Class History 1832–1982.

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Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Publication date
1991
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0140153608
ISBN 13 
9780140153606
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
464
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