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Dirty Old London

Categorie	Geschiedenis Europa
Boeknummer	#406667
Titel	Dirty Old London: The Victorian Fight Against Filth
Auteur	Jackson, Lee
Boektype	Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij	New Haven/London : Yale University Press
Jaar van uitgave	2014
ISBN10	0300192053
ISBN13	9780300192056
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Original brown boards, gilt lettered spine, dust jacket, numerous illustrations in b/w, 8vo.
Samenvatting	In Victorian London, filth was everywhere: horse traffic filled the streets with dung, household rubbish went uncollected, cesspools brimmed with night soil, graveyards teemed with rotting corpses, the air itself was choked with smoke. In this intimately visceral book, Lee Jackson guides us through the underbelly of the Victorian metropolis, introducing us to the men and women who struggled to stem a rising tide of pollution and dirt, and the forces that opposed them. Through thematic chapters, Jackson describes how Victorian reformers met with both triumph and disaster. Full of individual stories and overlooked details-from the dustmen who grew rich from recycling, to the peculiar history of the public toilet-this riveting book gives us a fresh insight into the minutiae of daily life and the wider challenges posed by the unprecedented growth of the Victorian capital.
Pagina's	293
Conditie	Goed — 2 small tears dust jacket repaired.
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