Ontdekkingsreiziger in de onderwereld. De actualiteit van Henry Mayhew (1812-1887) als etnograaf van de Londense armen

Samenvatting

A discussion of the historical significance of Henry Mayhew's London Labour and the London Poor (in 4 volumes, no further publication information provided), wherein a fascinating picture is painted of the plight of the poor in nineteenth-century London. This document was rediscovered 15 years ago & represents more than mere history: from the point of view of modern social science, Mayhew's endeavors to understand the poor through the eyes of members of the 'dangerous classes' make him a brilliant pioneer in Ur ethnography. Modified HA.