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  • Disturbed Ireland

    by Bernard Henry Becker ...
    "Disturbed Ireland" by Bernard Henry Becker delves into the complexities of Irish society, exploring themes of conflict, identity, and resilience. Through vivid storytelling and rich character development, Becker paints a portrait of a nation grappling with its past while striving for a hopeful future. The narrative intertwines personal stories with historical events, providing readers with a ... Read more

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  • Disturbed Ireland

    Being the Letters Written During the Winter of 1880-81

    by Bernard Henry Becker ...
    In "Disturbed Ireland," Bernard Henry Becker explores the complexities of the Irish political landscape and its social fabric through a richly textured narrative that deftly weaves together historical analysis and vivid storytelling. Drawing on a multitude of sources, Becker employs a critical lens to dissect the profound sociopolitical upheavals that have shaped modern Ireland, especially during ... Read more

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    by Neil R Storey ...
    Prisons and Prisoners in Victorian Britain' provides an illustrated insight into the Victorian prison system and the experiences of those within it - on both sides of the bars. Featuring stories of crime and misdeeds, this fascinating book includes chapters on a typical day inside a Victorian prison - food, divine service, exercise and medical provision; the punishments inflicted on convicts - ... Read more

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  • London Labour and the London Poor

    by Henry Mayhew, Robert Douglas-Fairhurst ...
    Series series Oxford World's Classics
    London Labour and the London Poor is an extraordinary work of investigative journalism, a work of literature, and a groundbreaking work of sociology. It originated in a series of articles for a London newspaper and grew into a massive record of the daily life of Victorian London's underclass. Mayhew conducted hundreds of interviews with the city's street traders, entertainers, thieves and beggars ... Read more

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  • London Labour and the London Poor

    by Henry Mayhew ...
    London Labour and the London Poor originated in a series of newspaper articles written by the great journalist Henry Mayhew between 1849 and 1850. A dozen years later, it had grown into the fullest picture we have of labouring people in the world's greatest city in the nineteenth century: a four volume account of the hopes, customs, grievances and habits of the working-classes that allows them to ... Read more

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  • Ragged London in 1861

    by John Hollingshead ...
    John Hollingshead (1827-1904) was an English journalist, writer and theatrical producer. Based on letters from the Morning Post, he published ‘Ragged London in 1861’ in the same year, capturing the essence of London’s bleak environment. in the novel, a correspondent travels through the underbelly of the metropolis, meeting and living with the very poorest and most desperate members of society. ... Read more

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  • The Reminiscences of an Irish Land Agent

    by S. M. Hussey, Home Gordon, Editor ...
    This edition features• illustrations• a linked Table of Contents and IndexCONTENTSPREFACEI. ANCESTRYII. PARENTAGE AND EARLY YEARSIII. EDUCATIONIV. FARMINGV. LAND AGENT IN CORKVI. FAMINE AND FEVERVII. FENIANISMVIII. MYSELF, SOME FACTS, AND MANY STORIESIX. THE HARENC ESTATEX. KERRY ELECTIONSXI. DRINKXII. PRIESTSXIII. CONSTABULARY AND DISPENSARY DOCTORSXIV. IRISH CHAR... ... Read more

    $2.69 USD

  • The Outer Edge Of Ulster

    A Memoir of Social Life in Nineteenth-Century Donegal

    by Hugh Dorian ...
    In the 1890s, Hugh Dorian (1834-1914), a native of Fanaid on the Atlantic coast of north Donegal, completed a remarkable memoir which he entitled 'Donegal Sixty Years Ago'. This fascinating text, although intended by Dorian for publication, is seeing the light of day only now, a century later. The author, an impoverished school-teacher and writing clerk, wrote with confidence and passion about the ... Read more

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  • London Labour and the London Poor (Complete)

    by Henry Mayhew ...
    The present volume is the first of an intended series, which it is hoped will form, when complete, a cyclopædia of the industry, the want, and the vice of the great Metropolis. It is believed that the book is curious for many reasons: It surely may be considered curious as being the first attempt to publish the history of a people, from the lips of the people themselves—giving a literal ... Read more

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  • The Letters of "Norah" on Her Tour Through Ireland

    by Margaret Moran Dixon McDougall ...
    OFF – EXPERIENCES IN A PULLMAN CAR – HOARDING THE ONTARIO – THE CAPTAIN – THE SEA AND SEA-SICKNESS – IMAGININGS IN THE STORM – LANDING AT BIRKENHEAD. ... Read more

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  • Robert Blincoe and the Cotton Trade

    by Stuart Courtman ...
    A Memoir of Robert Blincoe' published in 1828 was influential in improving the working conditions of children in factories. It is also believed that Charles Dickens based his character Oliver Twist on Robert Blincoe. This book contains the original full 1828 text of the memoir by John Brown and historical notes by the author, Stuart Courtman. The historical notes explore the influences that led to ... Read more

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  • Human Documents of the Industrial Revolution In Britain

    by E. Royston pike ...
    Series series Economic History
    First Published in 2005. So many books have been written on the Industrial Revolution in Britain that it may be thought that there is hardly room for another. The present volume is an attempt to go some way towards filling what must surely appear to be a somewhat surprising gap in the literature. Its aim and purpose is to enable the men and women—and, let it be said, the children and young people ... Read more

    $65.99 USD