WeRead Powered by ReaderPub
London Labour and the London Poor, Vol. 3 cover

London Labour and the London Poor, Vol. 3

Chapter 1: LONDON LABOUR AND THE LONDON POOR
By Henry Mayhew
Open in WeRead

Explore more books like this:

History - BritishHistory - Modern (1750+)Sociology

About This Book

The volume offers a detailed, encyclopedic survey of urban street occupations and the lives of the poor, documenting vendors, performers, animal exhibitors, rat‑catchers, artisans, coal‑heavers, dockworkers, drivers, carmen, vagrants and lodging‑house residents. Through interviews, descriptive sketches and illustrations it records typical earnings, work routines, living arrangements and coping strategies, and charts the spectrum from skilled labour to casual, seasonal and itinerant jobs. Social conditions, health risks, and the informal economies of street life are described with attention to both individual voices and broader patterns of urban labour.

The Project Gutenberg eBook of London Labour and the London Poor, Vol. 3

This ebook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and most other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this ebook or online at www.gutenberg.org. If you are not located in the United States, you will have to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this eBook.

Title: London Labour and the London Poor, Vol. 3

Author: Henry Mayhew

Release date: April 27, 2018 [eBook #57060]

Language: English

Credits: Produced by Henry Flower, Suzanne Lybarger, the booksmiths
at eBookForge and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team
at http://www.pgdp.net

*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK LONDON LABOUR AND THE LONDON POOR, VOL. 3 ***

In the html version of this eBook, images are linked to higher-resolution versions of the illustrations.

LONDON LABOUR
AND THE LONDON POOR

A Cyclopædia of the Condition and Earnings
OF
THOSE THAT WILL WORK
THOSE THAT CANNOT WORK, AND
THOSE THAT WILL NOT WORK

BY
HENRY MAYHEW

THE LONDON STREET-FOLK
COMPRISING
STREET SELLERS · STREET BUYERS · STREET FINDERS
STREET PERFORMERS · STREET ARTIZANS · STREET LABOURERS

WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS FROM PHOTOGRAPHS

VOLUME THREE