The blackest streets : the life and death of a Victorian slum
Wise, Sarah2008
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Place reservation for The blackest streets : the life and death of a Victorian slumIn the Victorian era, the Old Nichol was a notorious 15-acre slum in London's East End. Its squalid living conditions became a public scandal. Here, Sarah Wise, author of the award-winning 'The Italian Boy', explores the real lives behind the public outrage, laying bare the social and political conditions of the Old Nichol.
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London : Bodley Head, 2008.
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xii, 333 p. : ill., col. maps, ports. ; 24 cm.
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Maps on lining papers.Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-321) and index.
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9780224071758 (hbk)0224071750 (hbk)
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942.1'081
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English
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192236
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