Jack the Ripper and the East End of London

by Alex Werner

In 1888, Whitechapel--at the heart of the inner East End--was the most infamous place in the country, widely imagined as a site of the blackest and deepest horror. Its streets and alleys were seen as violent and dangerous, overflowing with poverty and depravity. Aiming to uncover the reality of East End life, this important portrait of the Victorian underworld looks at slum housing, immigration, attitudes to women, poverty, violence, and crime. How...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0701182474
• ISBN13: 9780701182472
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: Random House UK
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 3.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.5" x 9.5"