The Regimentation of the Unemployed

In Darkest England and the Way Out

by William BOOTH (1829 - 1912)

William Booth (1829 – 1912) was the founding General of the Salvation Army in late nineteenth century England. Finding his salvation as a teenager, he went on to become one of the most controversial and, ultimately, well-loved and respected social reformers of his day. Published in 1890 amidst the turmoil of the death of his beloved wife, Catherine, “In Darkest England” was hailed as a revolutionary approach to coping with the social ills facing Great Britain at the time. Although 130 years old, this revolutionary book of Victorian England still has much to say of note today. - Summary by Tom Hirsch

Listen next episodes of In Darkest England and the Way Out:
A Matrimonial Bureau , A Practical Conclusion , A Preventive Home for Unfallen Girls When in Danger , Agricultural Villages , Appendix - Part 1 , Appendix - Part 2 , Appendix - Part 3 , Appendix - Part 4 , Appendix - Part 5 , Appendix - Part 6 , Assistance in General , Can It Be Done, and How? , Effectual Deliverance for the Drunkard , How Much Will It Cost? , More Crusades - Part 1 , More Crusades - Part 2 , New Britain - The Colony Over-Sea , Our Intelligence Department , Recapitulation , Refuges for the Children of the Streets , Some Advantages Stated , Some Objections Met , The Household Salvage Brigade , The Industrial Village , The New Way of Escape for Lost Women , The Poor Man's Bank , The Poor Man's Lawyer , The Traveling Hospital , To the Country! The Farm Colony , Universal Emigration