Poverty Map Of London

Poverty Map Of London. Charles Booth's Descriptive Map of London Poverty NorthWest circa 1889 The Maps Descriptive of London Poverty are perhaps the most distinctive product of Charles Booth's Inquiry into Life and Labour in London (1886-1903).An early example of social cartography, each street is coloured to indicate the income and social class of its inhabitants Charles booth's london poverty maps : a landmark reassessment of booth's social survey London poverty maps Includes bibliographical references (page 284) and index

Search or navigate Charles Booth's poverty map to discover rich or poor areas of late Victorian London and reveal a modern underlay map. Charles Booth's assistants produced the map as part of Booth's first Inquiry into Life & Labour in London

Charles Booth's Descriptive Map of London Poverty SouthEast circa 1889

Contributor: Thames and Hudson - Booth, Charles - London School of Economics and Political Science Date: 2019 Charles Booth's poverty maps have been digitised by the London School of Economics allowing us to compare streets then and now Detailed town plan to show resident's means in 7 classes, wealth to poverty

Charles Booth’s London Poverty Map (detail) (1889). Centred on Bloomsbury, and showing Regent's. A first sheet covering the East End was published in the first volume of. The first edition of the poverty maps was based on information gathered from School Board visitors cross-referenced against reports by charities and social workers

Charles Booth's descriptive map of London poverty, 1889 Map, Old maps, London city. The original working maps from this edition are held in our collection. Search or navigate Charles Booth's poverty map to discover rich or poor areas of late Victorian London and reveal a modern underlay map.