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London's shadows : the dark side of the Victorian city /
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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
Continuum,
2010.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.