Coster girls & mudlarks : street voices from Victorian London
2007
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Henry Mayhew was a journalist on a London newspaper in the 1850s, writing a series of articles about working-class London. This book is based on a selection of Mayhew's interviews, supported by the author's narrative and additional material, such as songs, poems, advertisements and engravings.
Main title:
Coster girls & mudlarks : street voices from Victorian London / edited by Belinda Hollyer.
Edition:
New pbk. ed.
Imprint:
London : Scholastic, 2007.
Collation:
208 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: 2006.Includes index.Bibliography.
ISBN:
0439960851 (pbk)9780439960854
Dewey class:
942.1081942.081
Language:
English
Subject:
Working class -- England -- London -- Interviews -- Juvenile literatureWorking class -- England -- London -- Social conditions -- 19th century -- Juvenile literatureGreat Britain -- History -- Victoria, 1837-1901 -- Sources -- Juvenile literatureLondon (England) -- Social conditions -- 19th century -- Sources -- Juvenile literatureEngland -- History -- Victorian age
BRN:
1101530