Synopsis
How London has changed since Charles Booth's survey recorded social conditions in 1886. Deptford High Street was once 'the Oxford Street of south London'.
- Programme: The Secret History of Our Streets
- Series: 1
- Episode: Deptford High Street
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 2012
- Sociology | Which methods are used in sociological research? | Questionnaires, interviews, official statistics, observations, ethnography
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