{"product_id":"london-labour-and-the-london-henry-mayhew-9780199697571","title":"London Labour and the London Poor","description":"An extraordinary work of investigative journalism, literature, and sociology, \u003cem\u003eLondon Labour and the London Poor\u003c\/em\u003e originated in a series of articles for a local newspaper and grew into a massive record of the daily life of Victorian London's underclass. By turns alarming, touching, and funny, the pages of \u003cem\u003eLondon Labour and the London Poor\u003c\/em\u003e exposed a previously hidden world. Henry Mayhew conducted hundreds of interviews that provided a first-hand account of costermongers and street-sellers, of sewer-scavengers and chimney-sweeps, creating an intimate and detailed portrait that offered unprecedented insight into their day-to-day struggle for survival. Combined with Mayhew's comprehensive data gathering, these stories have an immediacy that owes much to his sympathetic understanding and effective literary style. This new selection offers a cross-section of the original volumes and their evocative illustrations, including among other features an introduction by Robert Douglas-Fairhurst that illuminates Mayhew's life and career, the genesis and development of the book, and its influence on contemporaries such as Dickens and Kingsley.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Henry Mayhew\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0199697574\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780199697571\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/18\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 528\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.79lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.60h x 5.00w x 1.00d","brand":"Henry Mayhew","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43981500317951,"sku":"9780199697571","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f36d3a58-8a88-4a52-8a9f-b2c0648de58f.jpg?v=1683255946","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/london-labour-and-the-london-henry-mayhew-9780199697571","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}