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