02870oam 2200649 450 991045679910332120211005015730.01-4742-1016-30-8264-2715-410.5040/9781474210164(CKB)2550000000044753(SSID)ssj0000643655(PQKBManifestationID)12196916(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000643655(PQKBWorkID)10667873(PQKB)11045864(MiAaPQ)EBC5309721(Au-PeEL)EBL5309721(CaPaEBR)ebr11518687(OCoLC)1027164497(OCoLC)1154975543(UtOrBLW)bpp09257611(MiAaPQ)EBC4948303(Au-PeEL)EBL4948303(CaONFJC)MIL851279(OCoLC)1024267930(EXLCZ)99255000000004475320050317d2004 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrDown and out in eighteenth-century London /Tim Hitchcock1st ed.London ;New York :Hambledon and London,2004.1 online resource (360 pages) illustrationsBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph1-85285-281-X 1-85285-552-5 Includes bibliographical references (pages [293]-329) and index.London in the 18th century was the greatest city in the world. It was a magnet that drew men and women from the rest of England in huge numbers. For a few the streets were paved with gold, but for the majority it was a harsh world with little guarantee of money or food. For the poor and destitute, London's streets offered little more than the barest living. Yet men, women and children found a great variety of ways to eke out their existence, sweeping roads, selling matches, singing ballads and performing all sorts of menial labor. Many of these activities, apart from the direct begging of the disabled, depended on an appeal to charity, but one often mixed with threats and promises. Down and Out in Eighteenth-Century London provides a remarkable insight into the lives of Londoners, for all of whom the demands of charity and begging were part of their everyday worldPoorEnglandLondonHistory18th centuryGeneral & world historyLondon (England)History18th centuryLondon (England)Social conditions18th centuryElectronic books.PoorHistory942.1'07Hitchcock Tim1957-1029830UtOrBLWUtOrBLWUkLoBPBOOK9910456799103321Down and out in eighteenth-century London2446450UNINA