ISBN: 9780875851082 - sixty years in waifdom or, the ragged school movement in english history (patterson smith reprint series in criminology, law enforcement, and social problems, publication no. 108) (2 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: New - Very Good. Organized into the Ragged School Union with Lord Shaftesbury as President in 1844, the 'ragged schools' aimed to teach and relieve the distress of Britain's street children. In this 1904 account, Montague looks at the schools' role within 19th-century society and argues that, by providing education and basic amenities, they also helped prevent violent uprisings against the class inequality of the era. Reprinted with a new introduction in 1970. No jacket and slightly off-mint.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Reprint (first published in 1904). Hardback copy in blue cloth boards with gold gilt lettering to spine, no dustjacket. 459pp. B/w portrait frontispiece, b/w illustrations throughout (both full page and within text). Not library copy, no inscriptions, few marks to top page block. (54/3).…