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The Oxford Companion to Australian History

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2003
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have been a target of social reformers since the word was first applied to the mean streets of Sydney in

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Henry C. Binford

The Oxford Companion to United States History

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2004
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The word “slum” originated as an East London slang term, probably in the early nineteenth century. By 1850, in both England and America, “slums” referred to places inhabited by poor people ... More

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