![]() ![]() ![]() Mayhew offers a panorama of working-class life largely as told by the people of London themselves.ģ. Mayhew’s interviewees and the detailed research which he carried out, provide us with information on all manner of lower-class occupations, especially on the hawkers selling everything from recycled tea bags to fried fish. London Labour and the London Poor by Henry Mayhew (1861) It proves impossible to understand the evolution of modern London without reading Henry Mayhew, who interviewed people in the early Victorian streets involved in all types of work and, above all, allowed them to speak for themselves, making him a pioneer both in the history of journalism, as his pieces first appeared in the Morning Chronicle, and in social science research. Daniel Mendoza, born in Aldgate in 1765, wrote this pioneering account of his life, which involved punching his way out of the Jewish East End to become British champion in an era when Jewish boxers became well-known celebrities, with Mendoza developing something of a cult, partly due to his ability to publicise his activities, especially through his biography.Ģ. ![]() Memoirs of the Life of Daniel Mendoza (1816) London has acted as home to countless sportsmen, especially fighters and footballers, many of who have produced autobiographies. ![]() Collectively, they reveal the modern history of London, providing an insight into its ethnic and social diversity.ġ. Those who have written about the people of London, especially its ethnic diversity, have included authors telling their own life stories, countless novelists, journalists and other observers, a selection of whom I outline below. ![]()
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