Bath as spa and Bath as slum : the social history of a Victorian city

著者

    • Davis, Graham

書誌事項

Bath as spa and Bath as slum : the social history of a Victorian city

Graham Davis ; with a foreword by Patrick O'Sullivan

Edwin Mellen Press, c2009

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注記

Includes bibliographical references (p.[313]-329) and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

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.

目次

  • List of Illustrations
  • List of Tables
  • List of Maps
  • Foreword by Patrick O'Sullivan
  • Acknowledgements
  • 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
  • Appendices
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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