I first encountered Mayhew over 20 years ago, I think at the time my enthusiasm for it as a resource made me miss the paternalism (I was studying history of ideas at the time, but as the tutors kept telling me, I kept getting distracted by the social history side). I know very little about Booth and the poverty maps aside from the tiny bits I've seen online.
I first encountered Mayhew over 20 years ago, I think at the time my enthusiasm for it as a resource made me miss the paternalism (I was studying history of ideas at the time, but as the tutors kept telling me, I kept getting distracted by the social history side). I know very little about Booth and the poverty maps aside from the tiny bits I've seen online.
I first read it properly about five years ago - I’m jealous of your studying the history of ideas. That must have been really interesting.
It really was, I was doing it part time though and work got in the way so I never completed it! Never say never though!