Booth poverty maps
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Booth poverty maps are pioneering late-19th-century social surveys of London that visually documented the geographic distribution of wealth and poverty across the city.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical document
ⓘ
social survey ⓘ thematic map series ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| archiveAt |
British Library
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
London School of Economics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn |
empirical fieldwork
ⓘ
statistical analysis of income and occupation ⓘ |
| cartographicType |
choropleth map
ⓘ
street-level map ⓘ |
| colorScheme |
black for lowest class
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dark blue for very poor ⓘ light blue for poor ⓘ pink for fairly comfortable ⓘ purple for mixed classes ⓘ red for well-to-do ⓘ yellow for wealthy ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator | Charles Booth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts |
geographic distribution of poverty in London
ⓘ
geographic distribution of wealth in London ⓘ middle-class districts ⓘ upper-class districts ⓘ working-class districts ⓘ |
| describedBySource | Life and Labour of the People in London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
social investigation
ⓘ
urban study ⓘ |
| hasDigitalRepresentation | online digitised maps ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced |
modern urban sociology
ⓘ
poverty research ⓘ social cartography ⓘ urban planning ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Victorian era ⓘ |
| inception | 1886 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| location |
London, England
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surface form:
London
|
| mainSubject |
poverty
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social conditions in London ⓘ wealth distribution ⓘ |
| partOf | Life and Labour of the People in London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1889 ⓘ |
| significantFor |
early use of GIS-like spatial analysis
ⓘ
pioneering visualisation of social inequality ⓘ |
| timePeriod | late 19th century ⓘ |
| uses |
color-coded classification of social classes
ⓘ
house-to-house surveys ⓘ interviews with local clergy ⓘ interviews with school board visitors ⓘ |
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