Hm goverment (1 Ergebnisse)
Verlag: London, T Goode 1850, 1850
Anbieter: Inch's Books, Oxford, Vereinigtes KönigreichInch's Books
Verkäufer/-in kontaktierenVerkäufer/-in mit 5 SternenZustand: Gebraucht
EUR 12,04
EUR 21,04 VersandVersand von Vereinigtes Königreich nach USAAnzahl: 1 verfügbar
In den Warenkorb16pp 23x14, folded sheet, only partially cut Chipped and worn, with insect damage impacts the front page and several others, ink ownership record on front, readable but a reading copy only. The 1850 Metropolitan Interments Act was promoted by Edwin Chadwick as a response to cholera pandemics, and proposed closing almost all Lond…on's burial grounds other than the privately owned Kensal Green Cemetary, and instead appointing Commissioners to create state owned burial grounds outside the city. The scheme proved unworkable and was abandonned in 1852.