The HORROR of Living in Edwardian London: Death on the Streets | Olden Voices

The true story of adventurer and journalist Jack London’s dive into London’s early 20th-century abyss. Chapters 00:49 Context 03:48 The Shoemaker’s Sweatshop 08:13 The Gardens 10:50 The Workhouse 19:47 A Night on the Streets 22:28 Breakfast 27:16 Stories from the Streets 31:27 Summary 33:30 Conclusion --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for watching! Let me know what you liked/disliked in the comments below. To support the channel, please consider a donation here: More videos coming soon! Key Reference: Reference: London, Jack. The People of the Abyss. New York: Macmillan, 1903 Further Reading: Mearns, Andrew & Wohl, Anthony S & Preston, William C. 1970, The Bitter cry of outcast London [by] Andrew Mearns, with leading articles from the Pall Mall gazette of October 1883 and articles by Lord Salisbury, Joseph Chamberlain, and Forster Crozier. Edited with introd. by Anthony S. Wohl. Humanities Press New York Magubane, Bernard. “Engels: The Condition Of The Working Class In England In 1844 And The Housing Question (1872) Revisited; Their Relevance For Urban Anthropology.” Dialectical Anthropology 10, no. 1/2 (1985): 43–68. Music sampled: The Road by Infraction Cold Isolation by David Fesliyan