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‘This surging tide of wretchedness’: Gender, danger and progress in nineteenth‐century Newcastle Upon TyneFootnote

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  • ∗ This article is based upon a paper presented at the Australian Historical Association Conference, Perth 1994. I wish to thank Matthew Allen, Patricia Crawford and Philippa Maddern for their comments on the original paper.

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