London Labour and the London Poor

'I go about the street with water-creases crying, "e;Four bunches a penny, water-creases."e;'London Labour and the London Poor is an extraordinary work of investigative journalism, a work of literature, and a groundbreaking work of sociology. Mayhew conducted hundreds of interviews with London's street traders, entertainers, thieves and beggars which revealed that the 'two nations' of rich...