Bath as spa and Bath as slum : the social history of a Victorian city
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Bath as spa and Bath as slum : the social history of a Victorian city
Edwin Mellen Press, c2009
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Includes bibliographical references (p.[313]-329) and index
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Description
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.
Table of Contents
- 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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