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Classic Slum [EPUB ebook]
Salford Life in the First Quarter of the Century

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A study which combines personal reminiscences with careful historical research, the myth of the ‘good old days’ is summarily dispensed with; Robert Roberts describes the period of his childhood, when the main affect of poverty in Edwardian Salford was degredation, and, despite great resources of human courage, few could escape such a prison.

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Language English ● Format EPUB ● ISBN 9780141932354 ● Publisher Penguin Books Ltd ● Published 1990 ● Downloadable 6 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 2270254 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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