Outcast London: A Study in the Relationship Between Classes in Victorian Society

by Gareth Stedman Jones

In the second half of the 19th century, Victorian civilization felt increasingly threatened by "outcast London". This is a study of the problem that was at the centre of the crisis: the casual poor and their relation with the labour market, with housing and with middle-class London.

Genres: History, London, British Literature, European History, Victorian, Nonfiction

424 pages, Paperback

First published April 30, 1976

About the author

Gareth Stedman Jones FBA is an English academic and historian. As Professor of the History of Ideas at Queen Mary, University of London, he deals particularly with working-class history and Marxism.