Vagabonds : life on the streets of nineteenth-century London / Oskar Jensen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cox Jensen, Oskar, 1988- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rogues and vagabonds--England--London--History--19th century.

Rogues and vagabonds.

London (England)--Social conditions--19th century.

London (England).

London (England)--Social life and customs--19th century.

London (England)--History--19th century.

Physical Description:

xxvi, 325 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour) ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Duckworth, 2022.

Summary:

British historian brought Dickensian London to real and vivid life. Until now, our view of bustling late Georgian and Victorian London has been filtered through its great chroniclers - Dickens, Mayhew, Gustave Dore. Their visions were dazzling in their way, censorious, often theatrical, but always those of outsiders. Now, for the first time, this innovative social history brilliantly - and radically - shows us the city's most compelling period (1780-1870) at street level. From beggars and thieves to musicians and missionaries, porters and hawkers to sex workers and street criers, Jensen unites a breadth of original research and first-hand accounts and testimonies to tell their stories in their own words. What emerges is a buzzing, cosmopolitan world of the working classes, diverse in gender, ethnicity, origin, ability and occupation - a world that challenges and fascinates us still.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 298-320) and index.

ISBN:

9780715654392

071565439X

OCLC:

1341407823