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In Victorian London, filth was everywhere: horse traffic filled the streets with dung, household rubbish went uncollected, cesspools brimmed with night soil, graveyards teemed with rotting corpses, the air itself was choked with smoke. In this intimately visceral book, Lee Jackson guides us through the underbelly of the Victorian metropolis, introducing us to the men and women who struggled to stem a rising tide of pollution and dirt, and the forces that opposed them. Through thematic chapters, Jackson describes how Victorian reformers met with both triumph and disaster. Full of individual stories and overlooked details-from the dustmen who grew rich from recycling, to the peculiar history of the public toilet-this riveting book gives us a fresh insight into the minutiae of daily life and the wider challenges posed by the unprecedented growth of the Victorian capital.Product Identifiers
PublisherYale University Press
ISBN-139780300192056
eBay Product ID (ePID)209495601
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Publication NameDirty Old London: the Victorian Fight Against Filth
SubjectHistory
Publication Year2014
TypeTextbook
FormatHardcover
LanguageEnglish
AuthorLee Jackson
Number of Pages304 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height246 mm
Item Weight706 g
Item Width165 mm
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Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States
Title_AuthorLee Jackson
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