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The Secret World of the Victorian Lodging House

Hardcover • 2014 • 1. edition

The Secret World of the Victorian Lodging House

By Joseph O'Neill

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About the book

Criminals, drifters, beggars, the homeless, immigrants, prostitutes, tramping artisans, street entertainers, abandoned children, navvies, and families fallen on hard times a whole underclass of people on the margins of society passed through Victorian lodging houses. These places were to be found in almost every city and town and they were central to working class life.The Jack the Ripper murders of 1888 brought lodging houses to the attention of an appalled public and, labeled seedbeds of infec...Show more

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ISBN

9781781593936

Publisher

Pen & Sword Books Ltd

Published year

2014

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Edition

1

Original title

The Secret World of the Victorian Lodging House

Format

Hardcover

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