Mudlarking: A Historical Sourcebook

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Mudlarking – scavenging for items of value in the shores of a river – has been documented along the Thames and elsewhere for more than two centuries, and continues to this day as a pastime. This volume brings together for the first time a wide variety of 19th century sources about the mudlarks of history and the hardships they faced.

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Mudlarking – scavenging for items of value in the shores of a river – has been documented along the Thames and elsewhere for more than two centuries, particularly in the Victorian era, and continues to this day as a pastime. This volume brings together for the first time a wide variety of 19th century primary sources about the mudlarks of history and the hardships they faced.

ISBN: 9781905315338 (paperback)

ISBN: 9781905315345 (ebook)

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