Wise, Sarah
The Blackest Streets: The Life and Death of a Victorian Slum
- ISBN 13:
- 9781844133314
- author:
- Wise, Sarah
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Vintage
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2009
- Pages:
- 352
- Dimensions:
- 129 mm X 198 mm
- Genre:
- British & Irish history: c 1700 to c 1900
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 7 working days
Description
The Blackest Streets: The Life and Death of a Victorian Slum
By Sarah Wise, Vintage
Reprint edition, 2009, 333 pages, paperback
This book is a powerful exploration of the seedy side of Victorian London, a city on the brink of revolution. In 1887, government inspectors investigated the Old Nichol, a notorious slum where the mortality rate was nearly twice that of the surrounding area. Wise skillfully evokes the texture of life in this turbulent period, revealing the social and political conditions that created and sustained this black hole at the heart of the Empire.
The Blackest Streets is a revelatory read about cities, class and inequality, a message that still resonates today.
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