Dirty Old London : The Victorian Fight Against Filth, Paperback by Jackson, L...

Description: Dirty Old London : The Victorian Fight Against Filth, Paperback by Jackson, Lee, ISBN 0300216114, ISBN-13 9780300216110, Brand New, Free shipping in the US 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.

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Book Title: Dirty Old London : The Victorian Fight Against Filth

Number of Pages: 304 Pages

Publication Name: Dirty Old London : the Victorian Fight Against Filth

Language: English

Publisher: Yale University Press

Item Height: 0.1 in

Subject: Social History, Modern / 19th Century, Europe / Great Britain / General, Sociology / Urban

Publication Year: 2015

Item Weight: 12.8 Oz

Type: Textbook

Item Length: 0.8 in

Author: Lee Jackson

Subject Area: Social Science, History

Item Width: 0.5 in

Format: Trade Paperback