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• Memoir on Pauperism (London: Civitas, c1997), by Alexis de Tocqueville, trans. by Seymour Drescher, contrib. by Gertrude Himmelfarb (PDF at Civitas)
• A Discourse Touching Provision for the Poor, by Matthew Hale (text at McMaster)
• A Dissertation on the Poor Laws, by Joseph Townsend (HTML at McMaster)
• Poor Law Commissioners' Report of 1834, by Great Britain Poor Law Commissioners (HTML at econlib.org)
• The Book of the Bastiles: or, The History of the Working of the New Poor Law (London: J. Stephens, 1841), by G. R. Wythen Baxter
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• Cottage Economy; To Which is Added, The Poor Man's Friend (New York: J. Doyle, 1833), by William Cobbett (Gutenberg text)

Items below (if any) are from related and broader terms.

• Labour on the Land: Containing a Plan for the Employment of the Destitute Poor on Agricultural Occupations; With Observations on the Working of the Present Systems (1846), by S. W. Blackall (HTML at Wayback Machine)

• Special Report of the Board of State Commissioners for the General Supervision of Charitable, Penal, Pauper, and Reformatory Institutions, by Michigan State Board of Corrections and Charities (page images at MOA)

• Speech of Hon. George A. Gordon, of Chatham, on the Constitutionality of the Conscription Laws, Passed by the Congress of the Confederate States, by George Anderson Gordon (HTML and TEI at UNC)

• Underclass + 10: Charles Murray and the British Underclass, 1990-2000 (c2001), by Charles A. Murray, contrib. by Melanie Phillips (PDF at Civitas)
• Charles Murray and the Underclass: The Developing Debate (c1996), ed. by Ruth Lister, contrib. by Charles A. Murray (PDF at Civitas)
• The Canker at the Heart: Being Studies From the Life of the Poor in the Year of Grace 1905 (London: E. Grant Richards, 1905), by L. Cope Cornford
  • page images at HathiTrust
  • multiple formats at archive.org
• Giving Alms No Charity, by Daniel Defoe (text at McMaster)
• Problems of Poverty: An Inquiry Into the Industrial Condition of the Poor (sixth edition, 1906), by J. A. Hobson (Gutenberg text)
• In Darkest England, and The Way Out (London: International Headquarters of the Salvation Army, ca. 1890), by William Booth (multiple formats at archive.org)
• In Darkest England, and The Way Out, by William Booth (Gutenberg text)
• A Letter Addressed to Samuel Whitbread, Esq., M.P., in Consequence of the Unqualified Approbation Expressed by Him in the House of Commons, of Mr. Lancaster's System of Education (London: Printed for J. Hatchard et al., 1807), by John Bowles
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• Mildmay: or, The Story of the First Deaconess Institution (second edition; London: E. Stock, 1893), by Harriette J. Cooke (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Imagination of Class: Masculinity and the Victorian Urban Poor (Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press, c2006), by Daniel Bivona and Roger B. Henkle (PDF at Ohio State)

• The Poor in England, 1700-1850: An Economy of Makeshifts (Manchester and New York: Manchester University Press, c2003), ed. by Steven King and Alannah Tomkins (PDF with commentary at OAPEN)

• Helping the Poor: Friendly Visiting, Dole Charities and Dole Queues (c2001), by Robert Whelan, contrib. by Barendina Smedley (PDF at Civitas)

• Helping the Poor: Friendly Visiting, Dole Charities and Dole Queues (c2001), by Robert Whelan, contrib. by Barendina Smedley (PDF at Civitas)

• The Great Army of London Poor: Sketches of Life and Character in a Thames-Side District (1882), by Thomas Wright (HTML at victorianlondon.org)
• Horrible London (from an 1889 edition; see also How the Poor Live), by George R. Sims (HTML at victorianlondon.org)
• How the Poor Live (London: Chatto and Windus, 1883; see also Horrible London), by George R. Sims, illust. by Frederick Barnard (illustrated HTML at victorianlondon.org)
• The Pauper, the Thief, and the Convict, by Thomas Archer (HTML at victorianlondon.org)
• The Pinch of Poverty: Sufferings and Heroism of the London Poor (London: Isbister and Company, 1892), by Thomas Wright (illustrated HTML at victorianlondon.org)
• Ragged London in 1861 (London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1861), by John Hollingshead (HTML at victorianlondon.org)
• The Wilds of London (London: Chatto and Windus, 1874), by James Greenwood, illust. by Alfred Concanen (illustrated HTML at victorianlondon.org)
• London Shadows: A Glance at the "Homes" of the Thousands (London: George Routledge and Co., 1854), by George Godwin (illustrated HTML and victorianlondon.org)

• The Other Empire: Metropolis, India and Progress in the Colonial Imagination (Manchester and New York: Manchester University Press, c2003), by John Marriott (PDF with commentary at OAPEN)

• London Shadows: A Glance at the "Homes" of the Thousands (London: George Routledge and Co., 1854), by George Godwin (illustrated HTML and victorianlondon.org)

• Helping the Poor: Friendly Visiting, Dole Charities and Dole Queues (c2001), by Robert Whelan, contrib. by Barendina Smedley (PDF at Civitas)

• Helping the Poor: Friendly Visiting, Dole Charities and Dole Queues (c2001), by Robert Whelan, contrib. by Barendina Smedley (PDF at Civitas)

• Just Managing? What it Means for the Families of Austerity Britain (Cambridge, UK: Open Book Publishers, 2017), by Mark O'Brien and Paul Kyprianou (multiple formats with commentary at Open Book Publishers)

• Our Winnie; and The Little Match Girl, by Evelyn Everett-Green (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• Jill, a Flower Girl (New York: T. Whittaker, 1893), by L. T. Meade, illust. by F. H. Townsend (page images at HathiTrust)

• Kadotuksen Kansa: Kuvaus Lontoon East Endistä (The People of the Abyss in Finnish; Helsinki: Otava, 1922), by Jack London, trans. by Kaapo Murros (Gutenberg text)
• London Labour and the London Poor (London: Griffin, Bohn and Co., 1861-1862), by Henry Mayhew
  • Volume 1: illustrated HTML at Tufts
  • Volume 1: multiple formats at Google
  • Volume 2: illustrated HTML at Tufts
  • Volume 2: multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume 3: illustrated HTML at Tufts
  • Volume 3: multiple formats at Google
  • extra volume: illustrated HTML at Tufts
  • extra volume: multiple formats at archive.org
• Low-Life Deeps: An Account of the Strange Fish to be Found There (new edition; London: Chatto and Windus, 1881), by James Greenwood (HTML at victorianlondon.org)
• The People of the Abyss, by Jack London (Gutenberg text)
• The Rookeries of London: Past, Present, and Prospective (second edition; London: Thomas Bosworth, 1852), by Thomas Beames (HTML at victorianlondon.org)
• Down and Out in Paris and London (1933), by George Orwell (text in Australia; NO US ACCESS)
• The Great Acceptance: The Life Story of F. N. Charrington (published under "Guy Thorne" pseudonym; 6th edition; London et al.: Hodder and Stoughton, c1913), by C. Ranger Gull
  • Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML
  • multiple formats at archive.org
• Homes of the London Poor, by Octavia Hill (HTML at victorianlondon.org)
• Ricordi di Londra (with Simonin's Escursione nei Quartieri Poveri di Londra; second edition, in Italian; Milan: Fratelli Treves, 1874), by Edmondo De Amicis and Louis Simonin (Gutenberg text, illustrated HTML, and page images)
• The Terrible Sights of London and Labours of Love in the Midst of Them (London: Stanley Rivers and Co., 1870), by Thomas Archer (HTML at victorianlondon.org)
• Life and Labour of the People in London, First Series: Poverty (4 volumes; London and New York: Macmillan, 1904), ed. by Charles Booth (page images at HathiTrust)
• Life and Labour of the People in London, Second Series: Industry (5 volumes; London and New York: Macmillan, 1903), ed. by Charles Booth
  • Volume 1 (Classification of the People, Building Trades, Wood and Metal Workers): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume 2 (Precious Metals, Watches, Instruments, Paper and Printing Trades, Textiles, and Sundry Manufactures): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume 3 (Dress, Food, Drink, Dealers, Clerks, Locomotion and Labour): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume 4 (Public, Professional and Domestic Service; Unoccupied Classes; Inmates of Institutions): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume 5 (Comparisons, Survey and Conclusions): multiple formats at archive.org
  • all volumes (some US access only): page images at HathiTrust
• Life and Labour of the People in London, Third Series: Religious Influences (7 volumes; London and New York: Macmillan, 1902), ed. by Charles Booth
  • Volume 1 (London North of the Thames: The Outer Ring): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume 2 (London North of the Thames: The Inner Ring): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume 3 (The City of London and the West End): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume 4 (Inner South London): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume 5 (South-East and South-West London): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume 6 (Outer South London): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume 7 (Summary): multiple formats at archive.org
• London's Underworld, by Thomas Holmes (Gutenberg text)

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