B. Seebohm Rowntree — Poverty: A Study of Town Life

London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1902 . Cloth. A scarce copy of the third edition of this comprehensive analysis of urban poverty, illustrated with tables, charts, and statistical analyses and a fold-out map. In the publisher's original navy cloth binding. First published in 1901, the book had a profound influence on contemporary debates about social welfare. This copy is the third edition.Illustrated with tables, charts, and statistical analyses and a fold-out map frontispiece. Collated, complete. A landmark work of social investigation based on Rowntree"s empirical study of poverty in York at the turn of the twentieth century. Using systematic surveys and household budgets, Rowntree distinguished between "primary" and "secondary" poverty.Benjamin Seebohm Rowntree (1871-1954) was an English social reformer and industrialist. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, smart. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities. Slight rubbing to boards. Slight damp ring stain to front board. Previous bookseller's discreet label to front paste down. Slight lifting to paper from previously moved label to title page. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with one or two handling marks and spots to fore edge. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .