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Author:

Hutchinson, Roger, 1949- author.

Title:

The butcher, the baker, the candlestick maker : the story of Britain through its census, since 1801 / Roger Hutchinson.

Publisher:

LittleBrown, an imprint of Little, Brown Book Group,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

xi, 340 pages ; 25 cm

Subject:

Great Britain--History.--History.
Great Britain--Civilization--19th century.
Great Britain--Civilization--20th century.
Great Britain--Civilization--21st century.
1800-2099

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-328) and index.

Contents:

A perfect man -- Censuses, taxation and war -- A hazy snapshot from the air -- The first modern census -- Seamstresses, prostitutes, billiard-markers and footballers -- Lathes and rapes -- Two parrots, one canary and innumerable mice -- The British babel -- A nation of emigrants -- Aliens -- Empire -- Great War -- The fractured kingdom -- Depression -- Welcome home.

ISBN:

1408707012
9781408707012

OCLC:

(OCoLC)972392964

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)