Doing the Business: Entrepreneurship, the Working Class, and Detectives in the East End of London

by Dick Hobbs

Doing the Business looks at the culture of London's East End and its relationship with the Criminal Investigation Department of the Metropolitan Police. The cultures of both the East End and the CID are examined in terms of their relationship with the market place and the emergent strategies of negotiation, trading, and, most importantly, entrepreneurship.

The author breaks new ground in several crucial areas. He asks how well traditional notions...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198258321
• ISBN13: 9780198258322
• Release Date: September 1988
• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.6" x 8.6"