Glimpses into the Abyss by Mary Higgs
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About this eBook
| Author | Higgs, Mary, 1854- |
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| Title | Glimpses into the Abyss |
| Contents | Vagrancy: an essay awarded the Girton Gamble Prize, 1906 -- Five days and five nights as a tramp among tramps -- A northern tramp ward -- A night in a Salvation Army shelter -- Three nights in women's lodging-houses -- Common lodging-house life -- London investigations -- A symposium in a common lodging-house -- Vagrancy: its relation to the Industrial Revolution -- Appendices: Transfer of casuals to police supervision. Summary of recommendations of Vagrancy Committee. Labour colonies: summary. Women: report of Vagrancy Committee. Evils of short sentences. Preface by Canon Hicks, of Salford, to "Five days and nights as a tramp among tramps." Immorality as caused by destitution among women. Common lodging-houses versus shelters. |
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Produced by Annie R. McGuire. This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print archive. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | HV: Social sciences: Social pathology, Social and Public Welfare |
| Subject | Poor -- Great Britain |
| Subject | Women -- Employment -- Great Britain |
| Subject | Lodging-houses -- Great Britain |
| Subject | Vagrancy -- Great Britain |
| Subject | Prostitution -- Great Britain |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 40122 |
| Release Date | Jul 1, 2012 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 71 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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