London Labour and the London Poor (Wordsworth Classics of World Literature)

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出版社: 人民出版社
2008-03
版次: 1
ISBN: 9781840226195
定价: 62.90
装帧: 平装
开本: 32开
纸张: 胶版纸
页数: 688页
正文语种: 英语
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  • WithanIntroductionbyRosemaryO'Day.LondonLabourandtheLondonPoorisamasterpieceofpersonalinquiryandsocialobservation.ItistheclassicaccountoflifebelowthemarginsinthegreatestMetropolisintheworldandacompellingportraitofthehabits,tastes,amusements,appearance,speech,humour,earningsandopinionsofthelabouringpooratthetimeoftheGreatExhibition.Inscope,depthanddetailitremainsunrivalled.Mayhewtakesusintotheabyss,intoaworldwithoutfixedemploymentwhereskillsaredecliningandinsecuritymounting,aworldofcriminality,pauperismandvice,ofunorthodoxpersonalrelationsandfluidfamilies,aworldfromwhichregularityisabsentandprosperityhasdeparted.Makingsenseofthisenvironmentrequiredcuriosity,imaginationandanovelistseyefordetail,andHenryMayhewposs-essedallthree.Nopreviouswriterhadsucceededinpresentingthepoorthroughtheirownstoriesandintheirownwords,andinthisundertakingMayhewrivalshiscontemporaryDickens.Topassfromonetotheother,writesoneauthority,istocrosssidesofthesamestreet. HenryMayhew(1812?1887)wasajournalist,socialinvestigator,novelist,andauthor?hisworkdistinguishedbyvividreportage,unsentimentalsympathy,humor,andaneyefordetail.VictorNeuburgisaformerseniorlecturerattheSchoolofLibrarianship,UniversityofNorthLondon.HispublicationsincludePopularLiteratureandAGuidetotheWesternFront.--ThistextreferstoanalternatePaperbackedition. NTRODUCTION

    Of wandering tribes in general

    Wandering tribes in this country

    Of the number of costermongers and other street-folk

    Of the varieties of street-folk in general, and costermongers inparticular

    Habits and amusements of costermongers

    Gambling of costermongers

    The 'Vic. Gallery'

    The politics of costermongers - policemen

    Marriage and concubinage of costermongers

    Religion of costermongers

    Of the uneducated state of costermongers

    Language of costermongers

    Of the nicknames of costermongers

    Of the education of costermongers' children

    The literature of costermongers

    Of the costermongers' capital

    Of the 'slang' weights and measures

    Of the boys of the costermongers, and their bunts

    Education of the 'coster-lads'

    The life of a coster-lad

    Of the 'penny gaff'

    Of the coster-girls

    The life of a coster-girl

    Of the homes of the costermongers

    Of the dress of the costermongers

    Of the diet and drink of costermongers

    Of the earnings of costermongers

    Of the capital and income of the costermongers

    Of the providence and improvidence of costermongers

    Of the costermongers in bad weather and during the cholera

    Of the costermongers' raffles

    Of the tricks cfcostermongers                    

    ……
  • 内容简介:
    WithanIntroductionbyRosemaryO'Day.LondonLabourandtheLondonPoorisamasterpieceofpersonalinquiryandsocialobservation.ItistheclassicaccountoflifebelowthemarginsinthegreatestMetropolisintheworldandacompellingportraitofthehabits,tastes,amusements,appearance,speech,humour,earningsandopinionsofthelabouringpooratthetimeoftheGreatExhibition.Inscope,depthanddetailitremainsunrivalled.Mayhewtakesusintotheabyss,intoaworldwithoutfixedemploymentwhereskillsaredecliningandinsecuritymounting,aworldofcriminality,pauperismandvice,ofunorthodoxpersonalrelationsandfluidfamilies,aworldfromwhichregularityisabsentandprosperityhasdeparted.Makingsenseofthisenvironmentrequiredcuriosity,imaginationandanovelistseyefordetail,andHenryMayhewposs-essedallthree.Nopreviouswriterhadsucceededinpresentingthepoorthroughtheirownstoriesandintheirownwords,andinthisundertakingMayhewrivalshiscontemporaryDickens.Topassfromonetotheother,writesoneauthority,istocrosssidesofthesamestreet.
  • 作者简介:
    HenryMayhew(1812?1887)wasajournalist,socialinvestigator,novelist,andauthor?hisworkdistinguishedbyvividreportage,unsentimentalsympathy,humor,andaneyefordetail.VictorNeuburgisaformerseniorlecturerattheSchoolofLibrarianship,UniversityofNorthLondon.HispublicationsincludePopularLiteratureandAGuidetotheWesternFront.--ThistextreferstoanalternatePaperbackedition.
  • 目录:
    NTRODUCTION

    Of wandering tribes in general

    Wandering tribes in this country

    Of the number of costermongers and other street-folk

    Of the varieties of street-folk in general, and costermongers inparticular

    Habits and amusements of costermongers

    Gambling of costermongers

    The 'Vic. Gallery'

    The politics of costermongers - policemen

    Marriage and concubinage of costermongers

    Religion of costermongers

    Of the uneducated state of costermongers

    Language of costermongers

    Of the nicknames of costermongers

    Of the education of costermongers' children

    The literature of costermongers

    Of the costermongers' capital

    Of the 'slang' weights and measures

    Of the boys of the costermongers, and their bunts

    Education of the 'coster-lads'

    The life of a coster-lad

    Of the 'penny gaff'

    Of the coster-girls

    The life of a coster-girl

    Of the homes of the costermongers

    Of the dress of the costermongers

    Of the diet and drink of costermongers

    Of the earnings of costermongers

    Of the capital and income of the costermongers

    Of the providence and improvidence of costermongers

    Of the costermongers in bad weather and during the cholera

    Of the costermongers' raffles

    Of the tricks cfcostermongers                    

    ……
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