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Voices from the workhouse / Peter Higginbotham.

  • Accession number

    83449930

  • Class

    93.0245/HIG

  • ISBN

    9780752467498 (pbk.), 9780752477176 (ePub ebook), 9780752477169 (Mobipocket ebook)

  • Language

    English

  • Physical description

    224 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.

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Bibliography, etc. note: Includes bibliographical references and index. Summary, etc: The real inside story of the workhouse in the words of those who experienced the institution at first hand. A wide variety of sources - letters, poems, graffiti, autobiography, official testimonies and oral history - is used to create a vivid portrait of what really went on behind the doors of the workhouse.