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In Darkest England and the Way Out

William Booth

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  • 332 sidor
  • 2014
This classic work in the literature of poverty was published in 1890 by William Booth (1829-1912), the founder of the Salvation Army. It was in fact mostly written by the crusading journalist W. T. Stead (referred to as an anonymous 'friend of the poor' in Booth's preface), but the practical ideas for relieving the poverty and squalor of late Victorian British cities are all Booth's own. Reworking the clich of 'Darkest Africa', in the first part he describes the 'submerged tenth' of Darkest England - destitute and/or criminal - and goes on to suggest the way to 'Deliverance', which includes better housing, education and training for work, and the sending of the urban poor to 'colonies', both overseas and in the British countryside. These proposals had their critics, but drew wide attention to an appalling aspect of urban life of which the prosperous classes were barely aware.
  • Författare: William Booth
  • Format: Pocket/Paperback
  • ISBN: 9781108074360
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 332
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2014-04-17
  • Förlag: Cambridge University Press