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Author : Benita Cullingford
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Chimney sweeps
ISBN : 9781566633451
The art and science of chimney sweeping are examined in detailed for the first time in this lively and fascinating book.
Author : Benita Cullingford
Publisher : New Amsterdam Books
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2001-04-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781461663256
Our picture of a chimney sweep is often Dick Van Dyke in Mary Poppins. This meticulously researched examination shows a different side to this hazardous trade. The art and science of chimney sweeping are examined in detail for the first time in this lively and fascinating book. From the development of chimneys in the twelfth century, replacing the open cooking fire in a smoke-filled room with a plain hole in the roof, to the patenting of mechanical devices in the late nineteenth century that came to the rescue of many a poor climbing boy, all is revealed. The personalities who dominated the profession, which surprisingly included several women sweeps, are portrayed, along with many illustrations of the tools of the trade. Sweeping techniques, the impact of social reform and the place of the sweep in literature are explored in this absorbing work. With 75 black-and-white illustrations.
Author : Benita Cullingford
Publisher : Shire Publications
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2008-03-04
Category : History
ISBN : 0747805539
"Although it has been an established and essential trade since the twelfth century, chimney sweeping has long been a controversial business. The figure of the chimney sweep became an increasingly common sight on the streets of London with the urbanisation of the eighteenth century, and during the Victorian era the visible plight of the 'poor climbing boys' stirred a growing concern for the welfare of children employed in the trade, inspiring a movement for political reform. Drawing from the original accounts of master sweeps, contemporary literature, parliamentary records and surviving architecture, Benita Cullingford here traces the origin and development of the chimney itself as well as the social and professional aspects of the trade - the lives sweeps led, the dangers they faced, the way they worked and the transformations wrought by the rise of sweeping 'machines' in the nineteenth century"--Back cover.
Author : Charles Kingsley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1895
Category : Chimney sweeps
ISBN : UOM:39015018887532
A Victorian tale in which Tom, a sooty little chimney sweep with a great longing to be clean, is stolen by fairies and turned into a water-baby.
Author : Alan Bradley
Publisher : Doubleday Canada
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2015-01-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780385678391
"One of the most remarkable creations in recent literature" (USA Today), Flavia de Luce, "part Harriet the Spy, part Violet Baudelaire" (New York Times Book Review) is back in Alan Bradley's captivating internationally bestselling mystery series. Flavia rules! In this internationally bestselling series of enchanting mysteries, youthful chemist and aspiring detective Flavia de Luce once again brings her knowledge of poisons and her indefatigable spirit to solve dastardly crimes--but this time, she leaves behind her beloved English countryside, and takes her sleuthing prowess to the unexpectedly unsavory world of Canadian boarding schools!
Author : Peter Marren
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2020-04-14
Category : Butterflies
ISBN : 190821371X
A beautifully illustrated and accessible book on the naming of butterflies and moths.
Author : William Blake
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 35 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1789
Category : Illumination of books and manuscripts
ISBN : BSB:BSB00076234
Author : Barbara Vine
Publisher : Viking Books
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Fiction
ISBN : UOM:39015045698118
An unforgettable tale of mystery and obsession by Barbara Vine (pseudonym of Ruth Rendell, winner of the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Award for lifetime achievement) This is the utterly absorbing story of best-selling novelist Gerald Candless, whose sudden death from a heart attack leaves behind a wife and two doting daughters. To sort through her grief, one of his daughters, Sarah, decides to write a biography of her internationally celebrated father. Within hours of beginning her research, Sarah comes across the first of what will be many shocking revelations. As her life is slowly torn apart, a terrible logic finally emerges to explain her mother's remoteness, her father's need to continually reinvent himself in his work, and a long-forgotten London murder.
Author : James Montgomery
Publisher : Dissertations-G
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105037155855
Author : Jonathan Auxier
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2018-09-25
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780735264366
A brand-new novel by one of today's most powerful storytellers, Sweep is a heart-rending adventure about the everlasting gifts of friendship and hope. For nearly a century, Victorian London relied on "climbing boys"--orphans owned by chimney sweeps--to clean flues and protect homes from fire. The work was hard, thankless and brutally dangerous. Eleven-year-old Nan Sparrow is quite possibly the best climber who ever lived--and a girl. With her wits and will, she's managed to beat the deadly odds time and time again. But when Nan gets stuck in a deadly chimney fire, she fears her time has come. Instead, she wakes to find herself in an abandoned attic. And she is not alone. Huddled in the corner is a mysterious creature--a golem--made from ash and coal. This is the creature that saved her from the fire. Sweep is the story of a girl and her monster. Together, these two outcasts carve out a life together--saving one another in the process.
Author : A. M. Watson
Publisher : Red Acre Press
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2017-11-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 099951220X
Infants of the Brush is historical fiction based on Armory v. Delamirie, a 1700s court case before the King's Bench against Paul de Lamerie, a silversmith. In the vein of Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist, Infants of the Brush is set in a time when London society ignored the ills of child labor. Unlike the gleeful chimney sweeps portrayed in Mary Poppins, climbing boys were forced up burning flues to dislodge harmful soot and coal ash. Egan Whitcombe is just six years old when he is sold to Master Armory for a few coins that his family desperately needs. As one of Master Armory's eight broomers, Egan quickly learns that his life depends on absolute obedience and the coins he earns. Pitt, the leader of Master Armory's broomers, teaches Egan to sweep chimneys and negotiate for scraps of bread. Broken and starving, the boys discover friendship as they struggle to save five guineas, the cost of a broomer's independence.
Author : Linda Holeman
Publisher : Tundra Books
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2003-09-02
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780887766091
Included in one of the 2004 YALSA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults lists Nominated for the White Pine Reading Program of the Durham District School Board Gentle Emmaline loves nothing more than books and flowers and her little brother Tommy. Sadly, her idyllic country life in Victorian England comes to an abrupt end when her father dies of cholera. The family is forced to move to a mill town, where Emmaline’s mother is dreadfully injured in a factory accident. To ease her pain she takes laudanum and is soon addicted, craving the drug so badly that she sells Tommy into servitude as a chimney sweep in London. Emmaline knows that a sweep’s life is short and awful. Small boys as young as five are forced to climb naked into dark chimneys, their bare feet prodded by nail-studded sticks to keep them working. If Tommy is to survive, it is up to Emmaline to find him. Linda Holeman brings a bygone period to life in a book of serious historical fiction for young adults.
Author : Hugh D Hindman,Hugh Hindman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 1033 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2014-12-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317453864
"The World of Child Labor" details both the current and historical state of child labor in each region of the world, focusing on its causes, consequences, and cures. Child labor remains a problem of immense social and economic proportions throughout the developing world, and there is a global movement underway to do away with it. Volume editor Hugh D. Hindman has assembled an international team of leading child labor scholars, researchers, policy-makers, and activists to provide a comprehensive reference with over 220 essays. This volume first provides a current global snapshot with overview essays on the dimensions of the problem and those institutions and organizations combating child labor. Thereafter the organization of the work is regional, covering developed, developing, and less developed regions of the world.The reference goes around the globe to document the contemporary and historical state of child labor within each major region (Africa, Latin and South America, North America, Europe, Middle East, Asia, and Oceania) including country-level accounts for nearly half of the world's nations. Country-level essays for more developed nations include historical material in addition to current issues in child labor. All country-level essays address specific facets of child labor problems, such as industries and occupations in which children commonly work, the national child welfare policy, occupational safety regulations, educational system, and laws, and often highlight significant initiatives against child labor.Current statistical data accompany most country-level essays that include ratifications to UN and ILO conventions, the Human Development Index, human capital indicators, economic indicators, and national child labor surveys conducted by the Statistical Information and Monitoring Program on Child Labor. "The World of Child Labor" is designed to be a self-contained, comprehensive reference for high school, college, and professional researchers. Maps, photos, figures, tables, references, and index are included.
Author : William Blake
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 7 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0900731044
Author : Frances Milton Trollope
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1840
Category : Child labor
ISBN : NYPL:33433075762637