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Helen Amy - STREET CHILDREN OF DICKENS' LONDON, THE - 9781848688469 - V9781848688469
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STREET CHILDREN OF DICKENS' LONDON, THE

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Description for STREET CHILDREN OF DICKENS' LONDON, THE Paperback. The real story of Oliver Twist and Fagin's children. Num Pages: 160 pages, 70. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 173 x 14. Weight in Grams: 302. 160 pages, 70 Illustrations. The real story of Oliver Twist and Fagin's children. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Dimension: 238 x 173 x 14. Weight: 302.
Many poor and vulnerable people lived on the streets of Victorian cities. They were the victims of rapid industrialisation, a government policy of non-intervention regarding social issues and the harsh Poor Law Amendment of 1834. As the population of nineteenth century England was predominantly young, a large number of this group were children. The street children of Victorian London were a very visible, alarming and embarrassing presence in the capital of the world's richest and most advanced industrial nation. Against the backdrop of London's transformation into a grand imperial capital, and drawing on the writing of social investigative journalists, this ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Amberley
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
Chalford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848688469
SKU
V9781848688469
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-50

About Helen Amy
After leaving university with a BA in English Literature and history Helen worked for a number of years in the Court Service before becoming a full time mother of three. Her interest in the life and works of Jane Austen developed from the research she did for her MA dissertation which was about the lives of women in late Georgian ... Read more

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