Project Gutenberg 2004-03-01 Public domain in the USA. 62 Booth-Tucker, Frederick St. George De Lautour 1853 1929 Booth-Tucker, F. de L. (Frederick St. George de Lautour) Darkest India A Supplement to General Booth's "In Darkest England, and the Way Out" Reading ease score: 63.1 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Dave Maddock and PG Distributed Proofreaders "Darkest India" by Frederick St. George De Lautour Booth-Tucker is a socio-political commentary written in the late 19th century, serving as a supplement to General Booth's "In Darkest England, and the Way Out." The book focuses on the urgent need for systemic reforms to address extreme poverty and social injustices faced by the disadvantaged in India, particularly emphasizing the plight of those referred to as the "submerged tenth" of the population, which encompasses millions living in dire conditions of destitution. The opening of the work introduces the gravity of India's social issues by comparing the dire living conditions of its impoverished classes to the dark jungles tackled by explorers in Africa. The author outlines various groups of the destitute, including beggars, the unemployed, and those suffering from chronic poverty due to societal structures that leave many without means to sustain themselves. He starkly presents the alarming statistics regarding hunger and misery among the population, aiming to awaken the sympathy of his readers and provoke action. The text sets a hopeful tone for future reform, presenting ideas for structural changes and social programs aimed at lifting these citizens out of their impoverished states, while advocating for a collective effort to address these systemic failures. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en India -- Social conditions Poor -- India DS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - General 339070 338980 2024-10-05T09:45:50.771437 2023-10-05T09:28:33.207791 text/html text/html 339063 338973 2024-10-05T09:45:51.038461 2023-10-05T09:28:33.380780 text/html text/html 200086 2024-10-05T09:45:58.739395 application/epub+zip 203360 2024-10-05T09:45:54.108394 application/epub+zip 184552 2024-10-05T09:45:52.840410 application/epub+zip 368079 2024-10-05T09:46:02.668372 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 332044 2024-10-05T09:45:57.980459 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 322764 2022-09-05T13:26:06.477950 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 306347 306308 2024-10-05T09:45:50.415435 2023-10-05T09:28:32.957793 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 307706 2020-12-25T21:47:29 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 116260 2020-12-25T21:47:29 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 307697 2020-12-25T21:47:29 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 116220 2020-12-25T21:47:29 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21118 2024-10-05T09:46:02.800346 application/rdf+xml 11745 2024-10-05T09:45:53.435434 image/jpeg 3030 2024-10-05T09:45:53.150425 image/jpeg 194502 2024-10-05T09:45:51.068424 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia