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Late-nineteenth-century Britain saw the privileged classes forsake society balls and gatherings to turn their considerable resources to investigating and relieving poverty. By the 1890's at least half a million women were involved in philanthropy, particularly in London. Slum Travelers, edited, annotated, and with a superb introduction by Ellen Ross, collects a fascinating array of the writings of these "lady explorers," who were active in the east, south, and central London slums from around 1870 until the end of World War I. Contributors range from the well known, including Annie Besant, Sylvia Pankhurst, and Beatrice Webb (then Potter), to the obscure. The collection reclaims an important group of writers whose representations of urban poverty have been eclipsed by better-known male authors such as Charles Dickens and Jack London.
Women social reformers --- Women in charitable work --- Poor --- Social problems --- History. --- Services for --- London (England) --- Social conditions --- annie besant. --- anthology. --- anthropologists. --- beatrice potter webb. --- british history. --- british society. --- british writers. --- class differences. --- discussion books. --- england. --- english ladies. --- europe. --- gender norms. --- gender studies. --- great britain. --- historians. --- historical. --- late 19th century. --- london slums. --- london. --- lower classes. --- philanthropists. --- philanthropy. --- poor. --- poverty relief. --- poverty. --- slum life. --- sylvia pankhurst. --- urban poverty. --- wealth and culture. --- wealth. --- world war i. --- wwi.
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Urban slum dwellers-especially in emerging-economy countries-are often poor, live in squalor, and suffer unnecessarily from disease, disability, premature death, and reduced life expectancy. Yet living in a city can and should be healthy. Slum Health exposes how and why slums can be unhealthy; reveals that not all slums are equal in terms of the hazards and health issues faced by residents; and suggests how slum dwellers, scientists, and social movements can come together to make slum life safer, more just, and healthier. Editors Jason Corburn and Lee Riley argue that valuing both new biologic and "street" science-professional and lay knowledge-is crucial for improving the well-being of the millions of urban poor living in slums.
Urban ecology (Sociology) --- Cities and towns --- Urban health --- Slums --- Urban ecology --- Urban environment --- Social ecology --- Sociology, Urban --- Global cities --- Municipalities --- Towns --- Urban areas --- Urban systems --- Human settlements --- City health --- Urban public health --- Urbanization --- Public health --- Slum clearance --- Housing --- Health aspects. --- Environmental aspects --- Health aspects --- E-books --- biology. --- brazilian slums. --- economic scientists. --- emerging economies. --- global health. --- global poverty. --- global slums. --- global south. --- hazards of slum living. --- health equity. --- health inequities. --- health issues in urban centers. --- health issues of urban poor. --- human settlements. --- indian slums. --- international poverty. --- international urban poor. --- kenyan slums. --- slum dwellers. --- slum life. --- slums worldwide. --- social scientists. --- street science. --- urban poor. --- urban slums.
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