| Down and Out in Eighteenth-Century London Revised Edition Contributor(s): Hitchcock, Tim (Author) |
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ISBN: 1852855525 ISBN-13: 9781852855529 Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic OUR PRICE: $42.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2007 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Great Britain - General - Social Science | Poverty & Homelessness - History | Social History |
| Dewey: 942.107 |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (1.27 lbs) 360 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: London in the eighteenth century was the greatest city in the world, and a magnet that drew men and women from the rest of England in huge numbers. If for a few the streets were paved with gold, for the majority it was a harsh world with little guarantee of money or food. For the poor and destitute, London's streets offered little more than the barest living. Yet men, women and children found a great variety of ways to eke out their existence, sweeping roads, selling matches, singing ballads and performing all sorts of menial labour. Many of these activities, apart from the direct begging of the disabled, depended on an appeal to charity, but one often mixed with threats and promises. Down and Out in Eighteenth-Century London provides a remarkable insight into the lives of Londoners, for all of whom the demands of charity and begging were part of their everyday world. |