Retrieved Riches : Social Investigation in British History, 1840-1914

Author(s): Englander, David; O'Day, Rosemary

Binding:	Softcover
Volume Condition:	Good
Dust Jacket:	No
Language:	English
Publisher Name:	Scolar Press
Publication Year:	1998
ISBN:	9781859282298
Book ID:	002252
Catalogue(s):	History - British ◇ Local Interest and History - London

428pp. Indexed. Open University set book. Laminated card covers (rubbed at edges). Internally neat, clean and bright, barring the occasional small corner curl. Explores the process of social investigation - drawing often on the work of Charles Booth - in Victorian Britain and its intellectual and ideological underpinnings. Also assesses the data collected for further historical inquiry.

Keywords:

history victorian social conditions london charles booth