Booth’s Maps of London Poverty, 1889: East & West London

Booth, Charles

 
9781908402806: Booth’s Maps of London Poverty, 1889: East & West London
ISBN 10 : 1908402806 ISBN 13 : 9781908402806
Editeur : Old House Books, 2013

Synopsis

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.

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À propos de l'auteur

Charles Booth was a social researcher and reformer. He is best known for his innovative philanthropic studies on working-class life in London towards the end of the 19th century.

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Éditeur
Old House Books
Date d'édition
2013
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1908402806
ISBN 13 
9781908402806
Reliure
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Nombre de pages
2
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