Beneath the Surface: Social Reports as Primary Sources

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• 1. The background
• 2. Can we believe Robert Baker?
• 3. Who was interested in the information?
• 4. What can interest you?
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About the author

Joanne de Pennington is a lecturer at Trinity and All Saints College, University of Leeds. She specialises in 19th century social history and 20th century political history. She recently contributed to The Practice of University History Teaching, (Manchester University Press, 2000).

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