Dirty old London : the Victorian fight against filth /

"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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jackson, Lee, 1971-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2014]
Temas:
1800-1899
Sanitation > England > London > History > 19th century.
Salubrité publique > Angleterre > Londres > Histoire > 19e siècle.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Sanitation
Social conditions
London (England) > History > 19th century.
London (England) > Social conditions > 19th century.
Londres (Angleterre) > Histoire > 19e siècle.
England > London
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"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."--Inside jacket flap
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780300210224
0300210221

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