Title: Dirty old London
Description: "In Victorian London, filth was everywhere : horse traffic filled the streets with dung, household rubbish went uncollected, cesspools brimmed with 'night soil', graveyards teemed with rotting corpses, the air itself was choked with smoke. In this intimately visceral book, Lee Jackson guides us through the underbelly of the Victorian metropolis, introducing us to the men and women who struggled to stem a rising tide of pollution and dirt, and the forces that opposed them." --from inside jacket flap.
Subjects: Umweltverschmutzung, Sanitation, Verschmutzung, Environmental Pollution, Social conditions, Hygiene, History, 19th Century, MEDICAL / Public Health, History, London (england), history, London (england), social conditions, Great britain, history, 19th century, New York Times reviewed, MEDICAL, Public Health, Renhållning, Historia, Socialhistoria, Social history
Places: England, London, London (England)
Time periods: 19th century