working-class children at the heart of Victorian empire /
by Troy Boone.
New York :
Routledge,
2005.
1 online resource (235 pages) :
illustrations
Children's literature and culture ;
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-233) and index.
Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Chapter 1 Henry Mayhew's Children of the Streets; Chapter 2 Class, Violence, and Mid-Victorian Penny Fiction; Chapter 3 Improving Penny Fiction:; Chapter 4 Remaking Lawless Lads and Licentious Girls; Chapter 5 The Boy Scouts and the Working Classes; Chapter 6 Patriot Games; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
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This book examines the representation of English working-class children, the youthful inhabitants of the poor urban neighbourhoods that a number of writers dubbed darkest England."
Youth of darkest England.
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Children-- Books and reading-- English-speaking countries-- History-- 19th century.
Children's literature, American-- History and criticism.
Children's literature, English-- History and criticism.
English literature-- 19th century-- History and criticism.