Making Modern London 1815-1914 Charles Booth Social Map Victorian Poverty
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VICTORIAN LONDON / SOCIAL HISTORY / URBAN HISTORY
The Making of Modern London 1815–1914 by Gavin Weightman and Steve Humphries.
Sidgwick & Jackson. This copy is the May 1985 reprint of the work first published in 1983.
A richly illustrated history of London’s extraordinary transformation during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries—from the Regency period through the Victorian era and into the years immediately preceding World War I.
The book examines the enormous social and physical changes that created modern London, including wealth and poverty, class divisions, housing and slums, transportation, railways, suburban growth, commerce, the West End, working-class neighborhoods and the changing urban landscape.
Especially interesting is the material relating to Charles Booth’s famous social mapping of London, which classified individual streets according to the economic circumstances of their residents. The front cover reproduces Booth’s Social Map of London, 1899–1900, with its color-coded classifications ranging from wealthy districts to very poor and semi-criminal streets.
Extensively illustrated with historic photographs, maps and period images.
Softcover. 176 pages.
Condition: Good used condition. General cover and edge wear from age and handling, including a noticeable small damaged/stained area on the right side of the front cover and an old price sticker at lower left. Interior appears clean and well preserved. Please examine all photographs carefully for exact condition.
An excellent visual reference for collectors and readers interested in Victorian London, Charles Booth, historical poverty mapping, British social history, urban development and nineteenth-century city life.
SKU G/4
Making Modern London 1815-1914 Charles Booth Social Map Victorian Poverty
$35.00
The Making of Modern London 1815–1914 by Gavin Weightman and Steve Humphries.
Sidgwick & Jackson. This copy is the May 1985 reprint of the work first published in 1983.
A richly illustrated history of London’s extraordinary transformation during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries—from the Regency period through the Victorian era and into the years immediately preceding World War I.
The book examines the enormous social and physical changes that created modern London, including wealth and poverty, class divisions, housing and slums, transportation, railways, suburban growth, commerce, the West End, working-class neighborhoods and the changing urban landscape.
Especially interesting is the material relating to Charles Booth’s famous social mapping of London, which classified individual streets according to the economic circumstances of their residents. The front cover reproduces Booth’s Social Map of London, 1899–1900, with its color-coded classifications ranging from wealthy districts to very poor and semi-criminal streets.
Extensively illustrated with historic photographs, maps and period images.
Softcover. 176 pages.
Condition: Good used condition. General cover and edge wear from age and handling, including a noticeable small damaged/stained area on the right side of the front cover and an old price sticker at lower left. Interior appears clean and well preserved. Please examine all photographs carefully for exact condition.
An excellent visual reference for collectors and readers interested in Victorian London, Charles Booth, historical poverty mapping, British social history, urban development and nineteenth-century city life.
SKU G/4