The blackest streets : the life and death of a Victorian slum
Wise, Sarah2009
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In the Victorian era, the Old Nichol was a notorious slum in London's East End. Its squalid living conditions became a public scandal. Sarah Wise explores the real lives behind the public outrage, laying bare the social and political conditions of the Old Nichol.
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Imprint:
London : Vintage, 2009.
Collation:
xii, 333 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: London: Bodley Head, 2008.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781844133314 (pbk)
Dewey class:
942.1081A942.108
Local class:
942.1081
Language:
English
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BRN:
403315