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LABOURING LIFE IN THE VICTORIAN COUNTRYSIDE
by HORN, PAMELA
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Good condition/Cover in color
- ISBN 10
- 0862994098
- ISBN 13
- 9780862994099
- Seller
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Lucca, Italy
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About This Item
Abingdon / Oxon: Fraser Stewart Book Wholesale, 1995. Cover: Phoebus Levin: 'Life in the hop garden' (1925). How the labouring classes were affected in their ordinary lives by the great changes taking place around them. An excellent book that covers the topic very well. It has a good balance of all components such as statistics, first hand accounts, detail and general context. It is very informative and enjoyable to read. Contents: 1). The rural community: a background survey. 2). Home life. 3). School. 4), Workers on the land. 5). Rural crafts and cottage industries. 6). Agricultural wages, trade unionism and politics. 7). Holidays and recreations. 8). The influence of religion. 9). Sickness, medical care and death. 10). Poverty and old age. 11). Breaking the law. 12). The changing scene: a conclusion. With notes, bibliography and index. 33 illustrations. 292 pag. . Reprint of the 1987 edition. Paperback. Good condition/Cover in color. 21,5cmx13,5cm.
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- Bookseller
- Festina Lente (IT)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 029400
- Title
- LABOURING LIFE IN THE VICTORIAN COUNTRYSIDE
- Author
- HORN, PAMELA
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good condition
- Jacket Condition
- Cover in color
- Edition
- Reprint of the 1987 edition
- ISBN 10
- 0862994098
- ISBN 13
- 9780862994099
- Publisher
- Fraser Stewart Book Wholesale
- Place of Publication
- Abingdon / Oxon
- Date Published
- 1995
- Keywords
- agriculture rural crafts joseph arch farmers haddenham arthur munby warwicks tysoe
- Size
- 21,5cmx13,5cm
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.