Poverty Amidst Prosperity by Carl Chinn
This study of poverty in 19th-century England addresses the issues raised by middle-class outsiders, but also focuses on the urban poor themselves and explains their way of life from within. The book uses working-class autobiographies and evidence to illuminate the poor's coping strategies.Malcolm Dick is Director of the Centre for West Midlands History and Lecturer in Regional and Local History at the University of Birmingham. He was Director of two community history projects in Birmingham between 2000 and 2004: the Millennibrum Project, which created a multi-media archive of
post-1945 Birmingham history and Revolutionary Players which created a digital resources of the history of the West Midlands region. Malcolm is also Editor in Chief of History West Midlands magazine. Carl Chinn is Professor of Community History at the University of Birmingham and history advisor for the schools of Perry Beeches The Academy. He is a social historian with a national profile, columnist with the 'Birmingham Mail', public speaker, writer, and charity fundraiser. Professor Chinn is
the author of 31 books that include studies of working-class housing, urban working-class life, working-class women's lives, illegal betting, manufacturing, Birmingham, the Black Country, ethnic minorities, and the racecourse wars of the 1920s.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780719039904 |
| ISBN 10 | 0719039908 |
| Title | Poverty Amidst Prosperity |
| Author | Carl Chinn |
| Series | New Frontiers In History |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Manchester University Press |
| Year published | 1995-05-11 |
| Number of pages | 172 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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