This NYT article is so strange I was almost compelled to check the date to make sure it was written in 2008 and not, say, 1884. Apparently, western tourists are paying to go on “slum tours,” guided trips through the poorest urban neighborhoods in places like Mexico, India and Brazil. One man who did [...]
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Not today, darling; I’m going to ride the omnibus through Whitechapel
Posted in Gilded Age, Poverty on March 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
