London Labour and the London Poor (Wordsworth Classics of World Literature)

图书标准信息

• 作者 H. Mayhew 著
• 出版社 人民出版社
• 出版时间 2008-03
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9781840226195
• 定价 62.90元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 32开
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 688页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

WithanIntroductionbyRosemaryO'Day.LondonLabourandtheLondonPoorisamasterpieceofpersonalinquiryandsocialobservation.ItistheclassicaccountoflifebelowthemarginsinthegreatestMetropolisintheworldandacompellingportraitofthehabits,tastes,amusements,appearance,speech,humour,earningsandopinionsofthelabouringpooratthetimeoftheGreatExhibition.Inscope,depthanddetailitremainsunrivalled.Mayhewtakesusintotheabyss,intoaworldwithoutfixedemploymentwhereskillsaredecliningandinsecuritymounting,aworldofcriminality,pauperismandvice,ofunorthodoxpersonalrelationsandfluidfamilies,aworldfromwhichregularityisabsentandprosperityhasdeparted.Makingsenseofthisenvironmentrequiredcuriosity,imaginationandanovelistseyefordetail,andHenryMayhewposs-essedallthree.Nopreviouswriterhadsucceededinpresentingthepoorthroughtheirownstoriesandintheirownwords,andinthisundertakingMayhewrivalshiscontemporaryDickens.Topassfromonetotheother,writesoneauthority,istocrosssidesofthesamestreet.

【作者简介】

HenryMayhew(1812?1887)wasajournalist,socialinvestigator,novelist,andauthor?hisworkdistinguishedbyvividreportage,unsentimentalsympathy,humor,andaneyefordetail.VictorNeuburgisaformerseniorlecturerattheSchoolofLibrarianship,UniversityofNorthLondon.HispublicationsincludePopularLiteratureandAGuidetotheWesternFront.--ThistextreferstoanalternatePaperbackedition.

【目录】

NTRODUCTION

Of wandering tribes in general

Wandering tribes in this country

Of the number of costermongers and other street-folk

Of the varieties of street-folk in general, and costermongers inparticular

Habits and amusements of costermongers

Gambling of costermongers

The 'Vic. Gallery'

The politics of costermongers - policemen

Marriage and concubinage of costermongers

Religion of costermongers

Of the uneducated state of costermongers

Language of costermongers

Of the nicknames of costermongers

Of the education of costermongers' children

The literature of costermongers

Of the costermongers' capital

Of the 'slang' weights and measures

Of the boys of the costermongers, and their bunts

Education of the 'coster-lads'

The life of a coster-lad

Of the 'penny gaff'

Of the coster-girls

The life of a coster-girl

Of the homes of the costermongers

Of the dress of the costermongers

Of the diet and drink of costermongers

Of the earnings of costermongers

Of the capital and income of the costermongers

Of the providence and improvidence of costermongers

Of the costermongers in bad weather and during the cholera

Of the costermongers' raffles

Of the tricks cfcostermongers                    

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