Dirty old London : the Victorian fight against filth / Lee Jackson.

Main entry:

Jackson, Lee, 1971-

Title & Author:

Dirty old London : the Victorian fight against filth / Lee Jackson.

Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, [2014]
©2014

Description:

293 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 270-283) and index.
The golden dustman -- Inglorious mud -- Night soil -- Removable causes -- Vile bodies -- The great unwashed -- The public convenience -- Wretched houses -- The veil of soot.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

"In Victorian London, filth was everywhere : horse traffic filled the streets with dung, household rubbish went uncollected, cesspools brimmed with 'night soil', graveyards teemed with rotting corpses, the air itself was choked with smoke. In this intimately visceral book, Lee Jackson guides us through the underbelly of the Victorian metropolis, introducing us to the men and women who struggled to stem a rising tide of pollution and dirt, and the forces that opposed them"-- From inside jacket flap.

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Additional Information at Google Books

ISBN:

9780300192056 (hardcover ; acid-free paper)
0300192053 (hardcover ; acid-free paper)
9780300216110 (pbk.)
0300216114 (pbk.)

Subject:

Sanitation England London History 19th century.
Sanitation history
Environmental Pollution history
Social Conditions history
History, 19th Century
Salubrité publique Angleterre Londres Histoire 19e siècle.
Médecine Histoire 19e siècle.
MEDICAL Public Health.
Sanitation
Social conditions
Verschmutzung
Umweltverschmutzung
Hygiene
Renhållning historia.
Socialhistoria.
Environment and Ecology.
London (England) History 19th century.
London (England) Social conditions 19th century.
London
Londres (Angleterre) Histoire 19e siècle.
England London
Storbritannien London.

Form/genre:

Narrative non-fiction.
History

Holdings:

Location: Library main 288446
Call No.: BIB 230126
Status: Available

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