Comments on: Pictures Of Real Life For Children, 1819 https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/08/22/pictures-of-real-life-for-children-1819/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Thu, 23 Aug 2012 22:02:18 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: jeannette https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/08/22/pictures-of-real-life-for-children-1819/#comment-60833 Thu, 23 Aug 2012 22:02:18 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=69518#comment-60833 this is not precisely apropos to this permutation of your street sellers theme, but i wanted to alert you, with thanks, to The Stealth of Nations: The Global Rise of the Informal Economy, by Robert Neuwirth. it’s about System D, after the French debrouillard, or hustler as we say in america, the international back channel economy which is the second largest in the world, with the US economy rated first.

its workers pay no taxes and are entirely unregulated. it may be the largest employer on the planet, and has existed since cities were built. to the point, he quotes numerous historians; germane to you is the many times he quotes Henry Mayhew on the robust black channel economy of 19th century london. you can search for mayhew’s name inside the book on amazon.

neuwirth quotes mayhew (along with gramsci and polanyi) as saying “If ancient custom be referred to, it will be found that the Shopkeepers are the real intruders, they having succeeded the Hawkers, who were, in truth, the original distributors of the produce of the country.”

xxx and thanks. power to the people.

http://www.amazon.com/Stealth-Nations-Global-Informal-Economy/dp/037542489X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1345758684&sr=8-1&keywords=stealth+of+nations#_

]]> By: Alan Gilbey https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/08/22/pictures-of-real-life-for-children-1819/#comment-60668 Wed, 22 Aug 2012 14:58:33 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=69518#comment-60668 Margaret, it’s likely they would have bought their stock from the docks, who landed a lot of trade with the rest of England, hence the names of pubs like The Prospect Of Whitby and the Town Of Ramsgate.

]]> By: Margaret https://spitalfieldslife.com/2012/08/22/pictures-of-real-life-for-children-1819/#comment-60607 Wed, 22 Aug 2012 06:12:51 +0000 http://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=69518#comment-60607 I love these, and am particularly taken by the traders down from Newcastle and Yorkshire. I wonder how appetising their stock would be after such a long journey though.

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