Tim Hitchcock

Down and Out in Eighteenth-Century London (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

London in the 18th century was the greatest city in the world. It was a magnet that drew men and women from the rest of England in huge numbers. For a few the streets were paved with gold, but 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 roads, selling matches, singing ballads and performing all sorts of menial labor. Many of these activities, apart from the direct begging of the disabled, depended on an appeal to charity, but one often mixed with threats and promises. Down and Out in Eighteenth-Century London provides a remarkable insight into the lives of Londoners, for all of whom the demands of charity and begging were part of their everyday world.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 360
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2004
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780826427151
• Artikelnr.: 40613000

Autorenporträt

Robert Shoemaker and Tim Hitchcock are the Editors of the online proceedings of the Old Bailey archives.

Tim Hitchcock is Professor of Eighteenth-Century History at the University of Hertfordshire and Director of the Old Bailey project.

Inhaltsangabe

Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Introduction
1 The Streets of London
2 Sleeping Rough
3 Pauper Professions
4 Menaces and Promises
5 The Rhetoric of Rags
6 Begging from the Parish
7 Charity in Stone
8 The Begging Year
9 A Beggar's Mask
10 The History of the Poor
Notes
Bibliography
Index