Charles Booth's London poverty maps / [contributors: Iain Sinclair, Mary S. Morgan, Anne Power, Katie Garner, Aileen Reid, Jacob F. Field, Sarah Wise, Inderbir Bhullar].

London : Thames & Hudson Ltd, 2019.

287 pages : illustrations (some color), chiefly maps (chiefly color) ; 38 cm

"In the late 19th century, Charles Booth's landmark social and economic survey found that 35% of Londoners were living in abject poverty. Between 1886 and 1903, Booth's team of social investigators interviewed Londoners from all walks of life, recording their comments, together with their own unrestrained remarks and statistical information, in 450 notebooks. Their findings formed the basis of Booth's colour-coded social mapping (from vicious and semi-criminal to wealthy) and his Inquiry into the Life and Labour of the People of London. 0Organized into 12 geographical sections, 'Charles Booth's London Poverty Maps' presents the meticulously hand-coloured preparatory and final printed social mapping of London. Accompanying the colour-coded maps are selected reproductions of pages from the original notebooks, containing anecdotes related by Londoners of every trade, class, creed and nationality together with observations by Booth's interviewers that reveal much about their social class and moral views. An introduction by Mary S. Morgan clarifies the aims and methodology of Booth's survey, and six themed essays by experts in the field contextualize the survey's findings, illustrated by evocative period photographs. Completing the re-evaluation of Booth's seminal social survey are newly rendered infographics presenting the raw statistics relating to living conditions, employment status and poverty levels for each geographical section of London."-- Provided by publisher.

9780500022290 (hardcover)
0500022291 (hardcover)

Booth, Charles, 1840-1916.
Poor England London History 19th century Maps.
Poverty England London History 19th century.
Pauvreté Angleterre Londres Histoire 19e siècle.
SOCIAL SCIENCE Sociology General.
Social conditions
Poor
Poverty
Armut
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General.
London (England) Social conditions History 19th century Maps.
England London
London

History
Maps
Statistics
Cartes géographiques.

Sinclair, Iain, 1943- contributor.
Morgan, Mary S., writer of introduction, contributor.
Power, Anne, contributor.
Garner, Katie (Katie T.), contributor.
Reid, Aileen (Historian), contributor.
Field, Jacob, contributor.
Wise, Sarah (Writer on English history), contributor.
Bhullar, Inderbir, contributor.
Power, Anne contributor.
Garner, Katie, contributor.
Reid, Aileen contributor.
Wise, Sarah, contributor.

Location: Library main m 307760
Call No.: BIB 253242
Status: Available