{"product_id":"dirty-old-london-9780300216110","title":"Dirty Old London","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This is a tightly argued, meticulously researched history of sanitation that reads like a novel.\"—Paula Byrne, \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Lee Jackson stops to have a good poke around – and consider in fascinating, sometimes gruesome detail, the filth and nuisances of the time . . . Utterly engrossing.\"—Jo Baker, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Mr Jackson has written a book that is neat and sparkling, unlike his subject matter.\"—Emily Cockayne, \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal Europe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Impressive . . . [Lee] Jackson has written a book that is neat and sparkling, unlike his subject matter.”—Emily Cockayne, \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Rich in wonderful contemporary details gleaned from newspapers and archives, Jackson’s study is a vivid account of the enormous challenges faced by a city expanding at an unprecedented rate.\"—P. D. Smith, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“An atypical look at London’s social history. Jackson manages to make a disgusting topic much funnier than one would expect.”—\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"There is an extensive bibliography and index and this makes Dirty Old London a very welcome addition to the social history of the Victorian capital. It will be useful to scholars as well as being a very enjoyable popular history which deserves a wide readership.\"—Drew Gray, \u003ci\u003eThe London Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"From the dustmen who grew rich from recycling, to a history of the public lavatory, this fascinating book provides a (dare I say fresh?) insight into life in the Victorian capital.\"—\u003ci\u003eCurrent Archaeology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Where there’s muck there’s brass. Let’s hope so for Lee Jackson, author of this volume on all things feculent, filthy and noisome in the Victorian city. It’s a big topic that deserves a big audience.\"—Matt Brown, \u003ci\u003eThe Londonist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The book is engagingly written, and based on a wide reading of source material and recent academic writing.\"—Peter Hounsell, \u003ci\u003eWho Do You Think You Are Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Delve deep into Victorian London’s dirty streets in this detailed, but enjoyably graphic, account of efforts to make life better for the British capital’s growing population.\"—\u003ci\u003eHistory Revealed\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This superb book places the humdrum business of keeping a city and its people clean in a detailed social and political context.\"—Jonathan Wright, \u003ci\u003eThe Tablet\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This interesting and informative book deserves to have a wide circulation.\"—John Beasley, \u003ci\u003eThe Methodist Recorder\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This is a fascinating work that will engage both those interested in Victorian in general and London in particular.\"—Stephen Halliday,\u003ci\u003e BBC History Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I thought I knew nineteenth-century London-this book made me smell it . . . Mud: it’s so often mentioned in Victorian literature, but I didn’t know what it was until I read this admirable book.\"—Clive Aslet, \u003ci\u003eCountry Life\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eDirty Old London\u003c\/i\u003e is a treat – truly Victorian, in that it is shocking, entertaining, educational and grisly by turns.\"—Catharine Arnold, author of \u003ci\u003eNecropolis: London and its Dead\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I can't think of a better companion with whom to explore London's underbelly - expert, engaging and approachable.\"—Sarah Wise, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Blackest Streets: The Life and Death of a Victorian Slum\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"So much meticulous research packaged into such a vividly readable narrative. I loved it.\"—Liza Picard, author of \u003ci\u003eVictorian London\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The squalor of Victorian London was proverbial. Lee Jackson’s revelatory clean-up goes behind the headlines to allow us to see not just what, but why, London was so dirty.\"—Judith Flanders, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Victorian City: Everyday Life in Dickens' London\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Yale University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48864337756503,"sku":"9780300216110","price":11.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780300216110.jpg?v=1722271481","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/dirty-old-london-9780300216110","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}