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Author Mayhew, Henry, 1812-1887.

Title London labour and the London poor [microform] : a cyclopaedia of the condition and earnings of those that will work, those that cannot work, and those that will not work / by Henry Mayhew.

Imprint London : Griffin, Bohn, and Company, 1861-62.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe Basement Library of English Literature Microfiche Cabinets  LEL 22868-71    ---  Available
Description 4 v. : ill., maps, plates ; 23 cm.
Series Great metropolis 2
Great metropolis; II
Library of English literature ; LEL 22868-71
Note Each vol. with table of contents and lists of illustrations; vols. 1-3 each with index.
Text in two columns.
"Maps and tables illustrating the criminal statistics of each of the counties of England and Wales in 1851."
Vol. 1 and parts of vols. 2-3 published 1851; expanded to 4 vols. 1861-62. Some of the material first appeared in the Morning chronicle (1849-50) as Labour and the poor. cf. Cambridge bibliography of English literature.
Contents I-III. The London street-folk; comprising, street sellers, street buyers, street finders, street performers, street artizans, street labourers.--[Extra volume] Those that will not work; Comprising, prostitutes, thieves, swindlers, beggars / by several contributors ; with introductory essay on the agencies at present in operation in the metropolis for the suppression of vice and crime / by the Rev. William Tuckniss.
Reproduction Microfiche. Chicago, Ill. : Library Resources, inc., 1978. 4 microfiches : positive ; 8 x 13 cm. (Library of English literature ; LEL 22868-71)
Note s 1978 ilu n
Subject Poor -- England -- London.
Working class -- England -- London.
Crime -- England -- London.
Charities -- England -- London.
Unemployed -- England -- London.
Prostitution -- England -- London.
Added Author Tuckniss, William.

 
    
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