Title Growing up poor : home, school, and street in London, 1870-1914 / Anna Davin

Published London : Rivers Oram Press ; Concord, MA : Paul and Company, 1996

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Description xiv, 289 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm Contents Introduction: Patterns of Childhood -- 1. Indulgence and Insecurity -- 2. Where the Poor Lived -- 3. Close Quarters -- 4. Beyond Four Walls -- 5. Caretakers or Schoolchildren? -- 6. Needed at Home -- 7. A Centre of Humanizing Influence -- 8. Beacons of Civilization -- 9. Children, Work and Independence -- 10. Patterns of Children's Work after 1870 -- 11. Children, National Identity and the State Analysis Children Effects of Poverty London (England) Children Effects of Poverty London (England) Notes Includes bibliographic references (p. 268 - 284) and index Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 268-284) and index Subject Children -- History. Children -- England -- History -- 19th century. Children -- England -- History -- 20th century. Poor children -- England -- London -- History -- 19th century. Poor children -- England -- London -- History -- 20th century. Poor -- England -- London -- History -- 19th century. Poor -- England -- London -- History -- 20th century. SUBJECT London (England) -- Social conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008116058 LC no. 95219623 ISBN 185489062X 1854890638 (paperback)

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