Charles Booth's London poverty maps

Resource Information

The work Charles Booth's London poverty maps represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in City of Westminster Libraries. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

Charles Booth's London poverty maps

Title variation

London poverty maps

Contributor

• Booth, Charles, 1840-1916

Subject

• Booth, Charles, 1840-1916
• Poverty -- England | London -- History -- 19th century
• Poverty -- England | London -- History -- 19th century -- Maps
• Society

Genre

• Maps

Language

eng

Summary

In the late 19th century, Charles Booth's landmark social and economic survey found that 35% of Londoners were living in abject poverty. Between 1886 and 1903, Booth's team of social investigators interviewed Londoners from all walks of life, recording their comments, together with their own unrestrained remarks and statistical information, in 450 notebooks. Their findings formed the basis of Booth's colour-coded social mapping (from vicious and semi-criminal to wealthy). Organised into 12 geographical sections, this book presents the meticulously hand-coloured preparatory and final printed social mapping of London

Cataloging source

StDuBDS

Dewey number

• 362.5'09421'09034
• 362.50942109034

Illustrations

• illustrations
• maps

Index

index present

Intended audience

Specialized

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Target audience

specialized