Down and Out in Eighteenth-Century London

by Timothy Hitchcock

London in the eighteenth century was the greatest city in the world, and a magnet that drew men and women from the rest of England in huge numbers. If for a few the streets were paved with gold, for the majority it was a harsh world with little guarantee of money or food. For the poor and destitute, London's streets offered little more than the barest living. Yet men, women and children found a great variety of ways to eke out their existence, sweeping...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1852855525
• ISBN13: 9781852855529
• Release Date: July 2007
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.1"