London's Rubbish: Two Centuries of Dirt, Dust and Disease in the Metropolis by Peter Hounsell

London's Rubbish: Two Centuries of Dirt, Dust and Disease in the Metropolis

Peter Hounsell

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The skyline of Victorian London was dominated by sinister mounds of rubbish, graphically described in Dickens's novel Our Mutual Friend. Surprisingly these dust mounds were where hundreds of so called running or flying dustmen made a meager living...

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