Down and Out in Eighteenth-Century London

Informationen zum Autor Tim Hitchcock Klappentext London in the eighteenth century was the greatest city in the world, and a magnet that drew men and women from the rest of England in huge numbers. If for a few the streets were paved with gold, for the majority it was a harsh world with little guarantee of money or food. For the poor and destitute, London's streets offered little more than the barest living. Yet men, women and children found a great variety of ways to eke out their existence, sweeping roads, selling matches, singing ballads and performing all sorts of menial labour. Many of these activities, apart from the direct begging of the disabled, depended on an appeal to charity, but one often mixed with threats and promises. Down and Out in Eighteenth-Century London provides a remarkable insight into the lives of Londoners, for all of whom the demands of charity and begging were part of their everyday world. Inhaltsverzeichnis Illustrations Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction 1 The Streets of London 2 Sleeping Rough 3 Pauper Professions 4 Menaces and Promises 5 The Rhetoric of Rags 6 Begging from the Parish 7 Charity in Stone 8 The Begging Year 9 A Beggar's Mask 10 The History of the Poor Notes Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: Tim Hitchcock, Timothy Hitchcock, Hitchcock Tim
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.05.2007
• EAN: 9781852855529
• ISBN: 978-1-85285-552-9
• No. of pages: 368
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Europäische Geschichte, Vereinigtes Königreich, Großbritannien, London, Greater London, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Poverty & Homelessness, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Georgian Era (1714-1837), History - General History, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Victorian Era (1837-1901), 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Poverty & unemployment, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, British & Irish history, Social and cultural history, C 1700 To C 1800, Poverty and precarity