The Eternal Slum : Housing and Social Policy in Victorian London

Cover Title Copyright Foreword Preface Contents Illustrations Abbreviations Dedication 1 Terra Incognita 2 The Inexorable Tide 3 The Homes of the Heathen 4 The Weight of the Law 5 Preventive Machinery 6 Philanthropy at Five per cent 7 Benevolent Despotism 8 The Bitter Cry 9 A Certain Socialism 10 Housing in Committee 11 The Call of the Suburbs 12 The Stuff of Politics A Note on Sources Appendices Index The problem of how, where, and on what terms to house the urban masses in an industrial society remains unresolved to this day