The first and possibly the greatest sociological study of poverty in 19th-century London. Mayhew and his collaborators explored hundreds of miles of London streets in the 1840s and 1850s, gathering thousands of pages of testimony from the city's humblest residents. A classic reference source for sociologists, historians, and criminologists. Unabridged reprint of the sections entitled "Prostitutes," "Thieves and Swindlers," and "Beggars" from Volume IV of London Labour and the London Poor, 1861.
Doré's London: All 180 Illustrations from London, A Pilgrimage by Gustave Doré All drawings from the 1872 classic, including perceptive sketches of workaday London, thieves gambling, flower girls, waifs and strays, prisoners in the Newgate exercise yard, and a wedding at the Abbey.
