Bath as spa and Bath as slum : the social history of a Victorian city / Graham Davis ; with a foreword by Patrick O'Sullivan.
ISBN
9780773412996 : £15.00
Dewey Classmark
307.76
942.398
Local Dewey Classmark
B 307.76 DAV
Personal Author
Davis, Graham.
Publication
Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen, 2009.
Physical Description
344 p. : ill., 14 plates, maps ; 23 cm
Contents
Contents: PART I-- Introduction-- 1. The Genteel Image of Victorian Bath-- The Selling Of Victorian Bath-- Population-- Social Structure-- Politics-- 2. The Reputation of the Avon Street District-- A Tour of the Avon Street District-- The Battleground of Public Health-- Inside & Outside Perspectives-- Political Symbolism-- 3. The Social Structure of Avon Street-- An Irish Colony & Lodging House District-- A Ruling Elite-- Education & Social Aspiration-- PART II-- 4. Dirt, Disease and Death-- Sanitary Provision-- Mortality Rates-- 5. Public Health and Public Relations-- The Avon Street Lodging-house Scandal-- 6. The Wants of Bath.
Summary of Contents
Summary: Presents a study that challenges the rhetoric of the city and the slum. This title demonstrates how the municipal politics of Bath, in the field of sanitary provision, was shaped by competing attitudes to the poor of the Avon Street district.
Subject
Slums England Bath.
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PART I-- Introduction-- 1. The Genteel Image of Victorian Bath-- The Selling Of Victorian Bath-- Population-- Social Structure-- Politics-- 2. The Reputation of the Avon Street District-- A Tour of the Avon Street District-- The Battleground of Public Health-- Inside & Outside Perspectives-- Political Symbolism-- 3. The Social Structure of Avon Street-- An Irish Colony & Lodging House District-- A Ruling Elite-- Education & Social Aspiration-- PART II-- 4. Dirt, Disease and Death-- Sanitary Provision-- Mortality Rates-- 5. Public Health and Public Relations-- The Avon Street Lodging-house Scandal-- 6. The Wants of Bath.
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