Bibliograph

Dirty old London, the Victorian fight against filth, Lee Jackson

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Label

Dirty old London, the Victorian fight against filth, Lee Jackson

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

platesillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Dirty old London

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

877369758

Responsibility statement

Lee Jackson

Sub title

the Victorian fight against filth

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

Table Of Contents

The golden dustman -- Inglorious mud -- Night soil -- Removable causes -- Vile bodies -- The great unwashed -- The public convenience -- Wretched houses -- The veil of soot

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