The blackest streets : the life and death of a Victorian slum
Wise, Sarah2008
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Total copies: 1
In the Victorian era, the Old Nichol was a notorious 15-acre slum in London's East End. Its squalid living conditions became a public scandal. Here, Sarah Wise, author of the award-winning 'The Italian Boy', explores the real lives behind the public outrage, laying bare the social and political conditions of the Old Nichol.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Bodley Head, 2008.
Collation:
xii, 333 p. : ill., col. maps, ports. ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes index.Maps on lining papers.Bibliography: p. 315-321.
ISBN:
02240717509780224071758 (hbk)
Dewey class:
942.1'081942.1081
Language:
English
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BRN:
103384