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Originating from a series of articles written for the Morning Chronicle during the mid-19th century, 'London Labour and the London Poor' is Mayhew's survey of the people of the capital, attributing the hardships of the poor to themselves as well as to society.
Originating from a series of articles written for the Morning Chronicle during the mid-19th century, 'London Labour and the London Poor' is Mayhew's survey of the people of the capital, attributing the hardships of the poor to themselves as well as to society.
London Labour and the London Poor originated in a series of articles for a local newspaper and grew into a massive record of the daily life of Victorian London's underclass. Henry Mayhew conducted hundreds of interviews that provided a first-hand account of costermongers and str…
An extraordinary work of investigative journalism, literature, and sociology, London Labour and the London Poor originated in a series of articles for a local newspaper and grew into a massive record of the daily life of Victorian London's underclass. By turns alarming, touching…