num_pages: 256
description: Covering over 500 years of the chimney sweeping trade, this meticulously researched book covers all aspects of the sweep's lifestyle. It looks at a sweep's rise from apprentice to journeyman and ultimately to mastersweep, health, education, sports, legislation and reform and other topics. This contribution to social history not only illuminates the life and times of sweeps but also reveals the society in which they lived.
language: English
title: British Chimney Sweeps: A Definitive Social History
titlecomplete: British Chimney Sweeps: A Definitive Social History
genres: Nonfiction, History
ratings_count: 20
publisher: Book Guild Ltd