London Labour and the London Poor, Vol. 4
The fourth and final volume of Henry Mayhew's London Labour and the London Poor, published in 1862, is devoted to "those that will not work": prostitutes, thieves, swindlers and beggars. Written largely with collaborators, it opens with a survey of the agencies working to suppress vice and crime and a classification of workers and non-workers, then traces prostitution through the ancient world and among peoples across the globe before describing its forms in Victorian London. Later sections describe thieves and swindlers by specialty and the many kinds of beggar. Interviews, tables of police statistics and engravings give the book its documentary weight. The full text is available to read online in your browser on Vinteuil, and the first chapter is free.
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