Vagabonds : Life on the Streets of Nineteenth-century London - Shortlisted for the Wolfson History Prize 2023 Paperback / softback
by Oskar Jensen
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Dickensian London is brought to real and vivid life in this Wolfson History Prize-shortlisted portrait by a rising-star historian and New Generation ThinkerUntil now, our view of bustling late Georgian and Victorian London has been filtered through its great chroniclers, who did not themselves come from poverty - Dickens, Mayhew, Gustave Dore.
Their visions were dazzling in their way, censorious, often theatrical.
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.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:352 pages
- Publisher:Duckworth Books
- Publication Date:16/02/2023
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- ISBN:9780715654958
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In Stock - More than 10 copies availableFree UK DeliveryEstimated delivery 2-3 working days
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:352 pages
- Publisher:Duckworth Books
- Publication Date:16/02/2023
- Category:
- ISBN:9780715654958