{"product_id":"london-labour-and-the-london-poor-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, \u003cbr\u003ethe 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\u003cbr\u003eunprecedented 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\u003cbr\u003etheir 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\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/18\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780199697571\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 512\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":"Default Title","offer_id":41334471688373,"sku":"9780199697571","price":12.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_365e8783-664b-41bc-95f1-79f3c195060b.jpg?v=1636432899","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/london-labour-and-the-london-poor-9780199697571","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}