London's shadows : the dark side of the Victorian city

London's shadows : the dark side of the Victorian city / Drew Gray.

In 1888 London was the capital of the most powerful empire the world had ever known, and the largest city in Europe. In the west a new city was growing, populated by the middle classes, the epitome of 'Victorian values'. Across the city the situation was very different. The East End of Lon...

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Main Author: Gray, Drew D.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Continuum, 2010.
Subjects:
1800-1950
Crime > England > London > History > 19th century.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Criminology.
Crime
Social conditions
London (England) > History > 1800-1950.
London (England) > Social conditions > 19th century.
England > London
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Illustrations; 1 Creating the 'Myth' of Jack the Ripper; 2 Murder and Mayhem in Victorian London: The Whitechapel Murders of 1888 in Context; 3 East Meets West: The Contrasting Nature of Victorian London and the Mixed Community of the East End; 4 Read All About It! Ripper News and Sensation in Victorian Society; 5 The Bitter Cry of Outcast London: Poverty, Charity and the Fear of Revolution; 6 City of Dreadful Delights: Vice, Prostitution and Victorian Society; 7 Crime and the Criminal Class in Late Victorian London.
  • 8 Watching the Detectives: The Police and the Hunt for Jack the Ripper9 London's Shadows: The Darker Side of the Victorian Capital; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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