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THE CLASSIC SLUM : Salford Life in the First Quarter of the Century
by Roberts, Robert
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/None as Issued
- ISBN 10
- 0140216928
- ISBN 13
- 9780140216929
- Seller
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About This Item
Harmondsworth, UK: Penguin, 1973. First Edition, 5th Impression . Soft cover. Near Fine/None as Issued. Text/BRAND NEW w/faint margin discoloration. Soft cover/NF w/light edge wear. First Edition, 5th Printing of 1983. Educator & lecturer Robert Roberts (1905 - 1979), was born behind his father's general shop in Salford, an area considered unfit for human habitation a good sixty years before his birth by Frederick Engels. Carefully researched study, fortified by the author's own experiences, of the complex world in Edwardian slums of Great Britain. Poverty & degradation took its toll within the complex social sub-structure of power play of sub-classes of the lowest of classes.
Synopsis
"A vivid, unforgettable picture of the qualityor lack of itof life in England among 'ordinary' people."Peter Stansky.
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- Bookseller
- 100 POCKETS (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003574
- Title
- THE CLASSIC SLUM : Salford Life in the First Quarter of the Century
- Author
- Roberts, Robert
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- None as Issued
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, 5th Impression
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0140216928
- ISBN 13
- 9780140216929
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Place of Publication
- Harmondsworth, UK
- Date Published
- 1973
- Keywords
- Sociology, Power Play within Poverty, Anthropology, History, Edwardian Slums, Social Structure, Poverty, Degradation
- Bookseller catalogs
- Economics; Social Sciences;
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