East End 1888: Life in a London Borough Among the Labouring Poor

By William J. Fishman

Book Overview

Documents the social, political, and economic life in the notorious slums of East London during the reign of Queen Victoria. This work offers accounts of homeless families choosing starvation rather than submitting to the inhumanity and separation of the workhouse.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0877225729
• ISBN13: 9780877225720
• Release Date: January 1988
• Publisher: Temple University Press
• Length: 343 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.