Voices From the Workhouse

Peter Higginbotham

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The real inside story of the workhouse in the words of those who experienced the institution at first hand. A wide variety of sources - letters, poems, graffiti, autobiography, official testimonies and oral history - is used to create a vivid portrait of what really went on behind the doors of the workhouse.

Author(s): Higginbotham, Peter
Binding: Paperback
Date of Publication: 01/10/2012
Pagination: 224 pages
Series: N/A
Imprint: The History Press
Published By: The History Press
Book Classification: Poverty & unemployment|Sociology: work & labour|Social & cultural history|Oral history|Diaries, letters & journals
Dimensions: 234x158x17
Weight: 470
ISBN13\EAN\SKU: 9780752467498

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