Plan of the City of York. Poverty map by Seebohm Rowntree 1901 old antique
£160
SKU: P-6-109455
'Plan of the City of York'
This important map was published alongside B. Seebohm Rowntree’s landmark 1901 study Poverty: A Study of Town Life. Inspired by Charles Booth’s London poverty maps, Rowntree employed a colour-coded scheme: grey for the poorest areas, yellow for working-class districts, pink for business streets, and green for neighbourhoods of the “servant-keeping classes.” Rowntree—a Quaker, social reformer, and pioneer of empirical sociology—used data to demonstrate that poverty in York was driven more by structural factors, such as low wages and insecure employment, than by individual moral failings. This challenged prevailing Victorian assumptions that the poor were largely responsible for their own condition. His study influenced early 20th-century welfare reforms and remains a milestone in the development of modern social science. This map stands as a striking example of how cartography was used to expose and confront social inequality in Edwardian Britain.
Size 42 x 41 cm | 16.5 x 16.0 inches
Date Published: 1901
Type: Antique temperance or drink map
Author: Rowntree, Benjamin Seebohm
Publication: Poverty: A Study of Town Life
Condition: Good |
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