Nether World
£16.99
A new account of urban Victorian life told through the dubious day-to-day of London’s police courts. Â Nether World presents a rich, often humorous glimpse into everyday life in Victorian London through a revealing account of nineteenth-century police courts. People of all classes brought complaints to this court about those who had hurt, abused, or stolen from them?drunks, pickpockets, wife-beaters, and fraudsters?who were each in their turn judged by magistrates wielding broad summary powers. Delving into underexamined court records and the pages of a fast-developing newspaper industry, Drew D. Gray offers a fresh description of a vibrant, ever-changing metropolis and considers ongoing issues such as poverty, homelessness, violence, substance abuse, prostitution, and?of course?crime.
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A new account of urban Victorian life told through the dubious day-to-day of London’s police courts.
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Nether World presents a rich, often humorous glimpse into everyday life in Victorian London through a revealing account of nineteenth-century police courts. People of all classes brought complaints to this court about those who had hurt, abused, or stolen from them-drunks, pickpockets, wife-beaters, and fraudsters-who were each in their turn judged by magistrates wielding broad summary powers. Delving into underexamined court records and the pages of a fast-developing newspaper industry, Drew D. Gray offers a fresh description of a vibrant, ever-changing metropolis and considers ongoing issues such as poverty, homelessness, violence, substance abuse, prostitution, and-of course-crime.
| Weight | 0.454 kg |
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| Dimensions | 21.6 × 13.8 cm |
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| Cover | Hardback |
| Pages | 352 |
| Language | English |
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| Readership | Professional and scholarly / Code: H |
