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Title: Map Showing Degrees of Poverty in London in areas with about 30,000 Inhabitants in each, Compiled from Information Collected in 1889-1890. [in set with] Descriptive Map of London Poverty 1889 Author: Booth, Charles Place: London Publisher: Williams and Norgate Date: 1891 Description: Two lithograph maps, linen-backed. The first map is 66.5 x 90 cm. (26¼x35½"). The second, on four unjoined sheets, if joined, 98x121 cm (38½ x47½"). Loose, as issued, at the end the appendix to Volume 2 of "Labour and Life of the People" edited by Charles Booth. [vi], 60, [22] pp. The maps are descriptive of London poverty and are an early example of social cartography, still much consulted by historians today. The map series, dividing the city into quadrants, is based on Stanford's 'Library map of London'. Its significance lies in the classification and depiction of the extensive poverty in London in the late 19th century. Incredibly detailed, Booth's survey classified each street by a color code: 'The Lowest Class. Vicious, semi-criminal', 'Very Poor, casual, chronic want', rising through seven orders culminating with 'Upper-middle and upper classes, Wealthy'. Booth is probably best remembered for the founding of The Salvation Army, his academic approach to the impoverished of London provided statistical ammunition for those advocating social change. Lot Amendments Condition: Ex-library from John Rylands University Library of Manchester, with label and stamps within volume, one section of the second map stamped on the linen backing, no library markings on the faces of the maps. Volume worn; linen backing to maps a bit yellowed, light wear at edges; very good. Item number: 272504