Booths Maps of London Poverty, 1889 (Map)

Charles Booth

ISBN 10: 1908402806 / ISBN 13: 9781908402806

Published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, London, 2013

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Map. Social reformer Charles Booth's maps influenced Victorian British government policy in ways we still feel today. A fascinating resource for genealogists, historians and all lovers of London's past.A century after the Industrial Revolution began, some Victorians finally began to confront the problems industrialisation and urbanisation had wrought. The remarkable proliferation of new factories, railways and docks owned by massively wealthy entrepreneurs created new depths of poverty and deprivation, which outraged philanthropist and researcher Charles Booth.These two maps, commissioned by Booth and the first of their kind, classify London streets into seven categories, from the very poor lowest class mainly in the east end (but with some surprising enclaves in the fashionable west) right up to the wealthy upper classes in Marylebone and Mayfair. Social reformer Charles Booth's maps influenced Victorian British government policy in ways we still feel today. A fascinating resource for genealogists, historians and all lovers of London's past. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Booths Maps of London Poverty, 1889 (Map)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, London
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1908402806
• ISBN 13: 9781908402806
• Binding: Map
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Two maps of Victorian London colored street by street show the lifestyle of the inhabitants from the wealthy upper classes to the vicious and semi-criminal lowest class. These two maps classify London streets into seven categories from the very poor lowest class mainly in the east end (but with some surprising enclaves in the fashionable west) right up to the wealthy upper classes in Marylebone and Mayfair. A fascinating resource for genealogists and all lovers of London's past.

Charles Booth was appalled by conditions in London's docklands and vowed to do something about it. Realising that the situation needed to be accurately assessed he published numerous surveys that reported on the living conditions, lifestyle and income of Londoners.

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Charles Booth