{"product_id":"the-people-of-the-abyss-paperback-9781108064552","title":"The People of the Abyss (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108064552","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe People of the Abyss\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn influential 1903 account of life among London's poorest East End residents at the dawn of the twentieth century.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJack London (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108064552, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 22 August 2013\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e390 pages, 24 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2.2 cm, 0.49 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn the summer of 1902, respected American author Jack London (1876–1916), previously known for his descriptions of life during the Klondike Gold Rush, spent two months living 'down by the docks' in London's East End among the city's poorest residents. During this time he often slept in workhouses or on the streets, seeing first-hand how the impoverished struggled daily for adequate food, clothing and shelter while the rest of the city lived in relative prosperity - a prosperity which the author believed was gained at the expense of the poor. One of the earliest eyewitness descriptions of life in the slums of London, this book would influence later socially minded authors such as George Orwell. The text is also illustrated with photographs of the places and people mentioned, offering an important insight into the living conditions of the poor at the dawn of the twentieth century.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e 1. The descent\u003cbr\u003e 2. Johnny Upright\u003cbr\u003e 3. My lodging and some others\u003cbr\u003e 4. A man and the abyss\u003cbr\u003e 5. Those on the edge\u003cbr\u003e 6. Frying-Pan Alley and a glimpse of the inferno\u003cbr\u003e 7. A winner of the Victoria Cross\u003cbr\u003e 8. The carter and the carpenter\u003cbr\u003e 9. The spike\u003cbr\u003e 10. Carrying the banner\u003cbr\u003e 11. The peg\u003cbr\u003e 12. Coronation day\u003cbr\u003e 13. Dan Cullen, docker\u003cbr\u003e 14. Hops and hoppers\u003cbr\u003e 15. The sea wife\u003cbr\u003e 16. Property v. person\u003cbr\u003e 17. Inefficiency\u003cbr\u003e 18. Wages\u003cbr\u003e 19. The ghetto\u003cbr\u003e 20. Coffee-houses and doss-houses\u003cbr\u003e 21. The precariousness of life\u003cbr\u003e 22. Suicide\u003cbr\u003e 23. The children\u003cbr\u003e 24. A vision of the night\u003cbr\u003e 25. The hunger wail\u003cbr\u003e 26. Drink, temperance and thrift\u003cbr\u003e 27. The management.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: British \u0026amp; Irish history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on British \u0026amp; Irish history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22British%20\u0026amp;%20Irish%20history%20%5BHBJD1%5D%22\"\u003eHBJD1\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46266149536024,"sku":"9781108064552","price":34.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108064552i_9639acb6-ccf9-489d-a272-9a2f7170d889.jpg?v=1696748541","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-people-of-the-abyss-paperback-9781108064552","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}