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Cleansing the City : Sanitary Geographies in Victorian London, Paperback by A...

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width: 6.1 in Publisher: Ohio University Press Item Height: 0.8 in Item Width: 6.1 in Type: Textbook Item Length: 9 in Publication Name: Cleansing the City : Sanitary Geographies in Victorian London ISBN: 9780821417713 Number of Pages: 232 Pages Language: English height: 0.8 in Publication Year: 2007 Subject Area: Literary Criticism, Social Science, Health & Fitness, History, Medical Subject: Public Health, Europe / Great Britain / Victorian Era (1837-1901), Healthy Living, Europe / Great Britain / General, Subjects & Themes / General, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Sociology / Urban Book Title: Cleansing the City : Sanitary Geographies in Victorian London Author: Michelle Allen Format: Perfect Item Weight: 11.6 Oz

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Cleansing the City : Sanitary Geographies in Victorian London, Paperback by A.... Cleansing the City : Sanitary Geographies in Victorian London, Paperback by Allen, Michelle, ISBN 0821417711, ISBN-13 9780821417713, Brand New, Free shipping in the US Allen (English, US Naval Academy) provides insight into the contested nature of sanitary modernization through this study of Victorian London, where resistance to reform found multiple forms in expression of nostalgia for a threatened urban landscape and domestic autonomy. Th's five sections include segments analyzing the geography of the Thames in the 1860s from Dickens' Our Mutual Friend and intransigence and limited mobility in the 1880s in Gissing's The Nether World, as well as chapters on the sanitary city, the London sewer, the "Thames Fever," and the poor's disillusionment with reform in the 1880s. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR ()

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