London Labour and the London Poor: Selected Edition

ISBN-13: 9781554813391 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 376 str.

Henry Mayhew; Barbara Leckie; Janice Schroeder

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• Volume 1
• Preface
• THE STREET-FOLK
• Of Wandering Tribes in General
• Costermongers
• The London Street Markets on a Saturday Night
• The Politics of Costermongers.—Policemen
• Religion of Costermongers
• Language of Costermongers
• The Literature of Costermongers
• Of the “Penny Gaff”
• Of the Coster-Girls
• Of the Homes of the Costermongers
• Of the Street-Irish
• Of the Street-Irish
• Of the Education, Literature, Amusements, and Politics of the Street-Irish
• The Homes of the Street-Irish
• Street-Sellers of Green Stuff
• Watercress Girl
• Of the Street-Sellers of Stationary, Literature, and the Fine Arts
• Of the Street-Sellers of Stationary, Literature, and the Fine Arts
• Of the Death and Fire Hunters
• Of Political Litanies, Dialogues, etc.
• Of “Cocks,” etc.
• Of “Strawing”
• Of the Sham Indecent Street-Trade
• Of the Low Lodging-houses of London
• Of the Filth, Dishonesty, and Immorality of Low Lodging-houses
• Of Street “Ballads on a Subject”
• Of the Experience of a Street Author, or Poet
• Of the Street Booksellers
• Of the Experience of a Street Bookseller
• Of the Street-sellers of Engravings, etc., in Umbrellas, etc.
• Of the “Screevers,” or Writers of Begging-Letters and Petitions
• Of the Street-Sellers of Manufactured Articles
• The Crippled Street-seller of Nutmeg-Graters
• Of the Street-Sellers of Poison for Rats
• Volume 2
• THE STREET-FOLK
• BOOK THE SECOND
• Introduction
• Of the Street-Sellers of Second-Hand Articles
• Of the Street-Sellers of Petticoat and Rosemary-Lanes
• Of the Street-Sellers of Live Animals
• Of the Street-Sellers of Live Birds
• Of the Street-Buyers
• Of the “Rag-and-Bottle,” and the “Marine-Store,” Shops
• Of the Street-Buyers of Waste (Paper)
• Of the Street-Finders or Collectors
• Of the Sewer-Hunters
• Of the Mud-Larks
• Of the London Dustmen, Nightmen, Sweeps, and Scavengers
• Of the Dustmen of London
• Chimney-Sweepers
• Of the London Chimney-Sweepers
• Of the General Characteristics of the Working Chimney-Sweepers
• Of the Subterranean Character of the Sewers
• Crossing-Sweepers
• Crossing-Sweepers
• Gander—The “Captain” of the Boy Crossing-Sweepers
• Volume 3
• The Destroyers of Vermin
• A Night at Rat-Killing
• Her Majesty’s Bug Destroyer
• OUR STREET FOLK
• I. Street Exhibitors
• Exhibitor of the Microscope
• The Snake, Sword, and Knife-Swallower
• Street Clown
• Street Reciter
• II. Street Musicians
• “Old Sarah”
• Tom-tom Players
• IV. Street Artists
• Street Photography
• V. Exhibitors of Trained Animals
• The Happy Family Exhibitor
• SKILLED AND UNSKILLED LABOURERS
• The Coal-Heavers
• The Coal-Heavers
• The Dock-Labourers
• The London Dock
• LONDON VAGRANTS
• London Vagrants’ Asylums for the Houseless
• Appendix A: Table of Contents
• Full table of contents of London Labour and the London Poor, including subheadings
• Appendix B: Reviews of London Labour and the London Poor
• 1. Eclectic Review, October 1851
• 2. Athenaeum, November 15, 1851
• 3. Reynold’s Newspaper, May 18, 1851
• 4. Reynold’s Newspaper, June 15, 1851
• 5. Reynold’s Newspaper, July 20, 1851
• Appendix C: Selection of entries from the Morning Chronicle and Volume 4 of London Labour and the London Poor
• From The Morning Chronicle
• 1. A Visit to the Cholera Districts of Bermondsey, September 24, 1849
• 2. Letter I, October 19, 1849
• From Volume 4
• 3. Classification of the Workers and Non-Workers of Great Britain
• 4. Female Operatives
• 5. Pickpockets and Shoplifters
• 6. Hindoo Beggars
• 7. Negro Beggars
• Appendix D: Answers to Correspondents
• 1. No. 19, April 19, 1851
• 2. No. 24, May 24, 1851
• 3. No. 33, July 26, 1851
• 4. Nos. 9 & 10, February 8 & 15, 1851
• 5. No. 16, March 29, 1851
• 6. No. 21, May 3, 1851
• 7. No. 23, May 17, 1851
• Appendix E: Mayhew’s Contemporaries and “Slum Journalism”
• 1. From The Rookeries of London, by Thomas Beames
• 2. From London Shadows: A Glance at the ‘Homes’ of the Thousands, by George Godwin 3. From Ragged London in 1861, by John Hollingshead
• Appendix F: Map of London