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Author | : Fiona Rule |
Publisher | : The History Press |
Total Pages | : 231 |
Release | : 2018-11-26 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0750990325 |
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Amid the bustling streets of Spitalfields, East London, there is a piece of real estate with a bloody history. This was once Dorset Street: the haunt of thieves, murderers and prostitutes; the sanctuary of persecuted people; the last resort for those who couldn't afford anything else – and the setting for Jack the Ripper's murderous spree. So notorious was this street in the 1890s that policemen would only patrol this area in pairs for their own safety. This book chronicles the rise and fall of this remarkable street; from its promising beginnings at the centre of the seventeenth-century silk weaving industry, through its gradual descent into iniquity, vice and violence; and finally its demise at the hands of the demolition crew. Meet the colourful characters who called Dorset Street home.
Author | : Jerry White |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 312 |
Release | : 1986 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9780710207005 |
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First Published in 1986. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author | : Jerry White |
Publisher | : Random House |
Total Pages | : 487 |
Release | : 2013-01-31 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1448162211 |
Download Campbell Bunk Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
From the 1880s to the Second World War, Campbell Road, Finsbury Park (known as Campbell Bunk), had a notorious reputation for violence, for breeding thieves and prostitutes, and for an enthusiastic disregard for law and order. It was the object of reform by church, magistrates, local authorities, and social scientists, who left many traces of their attempts to improve what became known as 'the worst street in North London'. Jerry White offers insight into the realities of life in a 'slum' community, showing how it changed over a 90-year period. Using extensive oral history to describe in detail the years between the wars, White reveals the complex tensions between the new world opening up and the street's traditional culture of economic individualism, crime, street theatre, and domestic violence.
Author | : Andrea Warren |
Publisher | : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Total Pages | : 165 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 0547395744 |
Download Charles Dickens and the Street Children of London Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The motivations behind Dickens' novels and the poverty-stricken world of 19th century London.
Author | : Michael Burgan |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 208 |
Release | : 2017-08-15 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 148147944X |
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Looks at one of historys most infamous serial killers known for committing gruesome murders in the late nineteenth-century who remains one of the world's most infamous criminals
Author | : Lee Jackson |
Publisher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 300 |
Release | : 2014-01-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0300192053 |
Download Dirty Old London Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
In Victorian London, filth was everywhere: horse traffic filled the streets with dung, household rubbish went uncollected, cesspools brimmed with "night soil," graveyards teemed with rotting corpses, the air itself was choked with smoke. In this intimately visceral book, Lee Jackson guides us through the underbelly of the Victorian metropolis, introducing us to the men and women who struggled to stem a rising tide of pollution and dirt, and the forces that opposed them. Through thematic chapters, Jackson describes how Victorian reformers met with both triumph and disaster. Full of individual stories and overlooked details--from the dustmen who grew rich from recycling, to the peculiar history of the public toilet--this riveting book gives us a fresh insight into the minutiae of daily life and the wider challenges posed by the unprecedented growth of the Victorian capital.
Author | : Colleen Paeff |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 44 |
Release | : 2021-08-31 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1534449302 |
Download The Great Stink Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
A Robert F. Sibert Honor Book! Discover the true story about the determined engineer who fixed London’s pollution problem in this funny, accessible nonfiction picture book featuring engaging art from the illustrator of Queen Victoria’s Bathing Machine. It’s the summer of 1858, and London’s River Thames STINKS. What is creating this revolting smell? The answer is gross: the river is full of poop. But the smell isn’t the worst problem. Every few years, cholera breaks out, and thousands of people die. Could there be a connection between the foul water and the deadly disease? One engineer dreams of making London a cleaner, healthier place. His name is Joseph Bazalgette. His grand plan to create a new sewer system to clean the river is an engineering marvel. And his sewers will save lives. Nothing stinky about that. With tips for how to prevent pollution today, this fascinating look at science, history, and what one person can do to create change will impress and astound readers who want to help make their planet a cleaner, happier place to live.
Author | : Iain Sinclair |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 336 |
Release | : 2017-09-07 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1786071754 |
Download The Last London Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
A New Statesman Book of the Year London. A city apart. Inimitable. Or so it once seemed. Spiralling from the outer limits of the Overground to the pinnacle of the Shard, Iain Sinclair encounters a metropolis stretched beyond recognition. The vestiges of secret tunnels, the ghosts of saints and lost poets lie buried by developments, the cycling revolution and Brexit. An electrifying final odyssey, The Last London is an unforgettable vision of the Big Smoke before it disappears into the air of memory.
Author | : Daniel Stashower |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 186 |
Release | : 2019-11-17 |
Genre | : Detective and mystery stories, English |
ISBN | : 9781943038190 |
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Author | : Iain Sinclair |
Publisher | : Thames & Hudson |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2019 |
Genre | : SOCIAL SCIENCE |
ISBN | : 9780500022290 |
Download Charles Booth's London Poverty Maps Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This insightful, evocative, and sumptuous volume brings Charles Booth's landmark survey of late nineteenth-century London to a new audience.