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. . Benjamin Seebohm Rowntree/ R.R. Clark, Ltd., Printers, Edinburgh. Published 1901. Antique temperance or drink map. Size 42 x 41 cm | 16.5 x 16.0 inches. Condition: Good; suitable for framing. Please check the scan for any blemishes prior to making your purchase. This is a folding map. There is nothing printed on the reverse side, which is plain. Tags: The City, York, York + Poverty: A Study of Town Life, York + Rowntree, York + Rowntree + Poverty: A Study of Town Life, York + Rowntree Benjamin Seebohm, York + Town & city plans

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