Mob Town: A History of Crime and Disorder in the East End [FIRST EDITION,FIRST PRINTING]

Bennett, John

Verlag: Yale University Press, New Haven, Connecticut, 2017

Beschreibung

As new condition black textured cloth boards with gold spine lettering contained in an as new condition non price-clipped photographic dust jacket. Includes Dedication; Introduction; Afterword; Endnotes; Bibliography; Illustration Credits; and Index. Illustrated with a section of black-and-white photographic plates. "Long before Jack the Ripper prowled its alleys and the Kray twins terrorized its inhabitants, London's East End was known for its crime and corruption. In this captivating history, John Bennett delves into over four centuries of illegal activity to reveal just why east London became and remained so notorious. The gateway to the capital for many of the most desperate or devious (or both), Britain's industrial boom drew thousands more to the East End and crime flourished in its overcrowded squalor. But illegality continued to thrive in the area long past the Victorian period. Drawing on original archival research, Bennett looks at the whole range of iniquity, including sensational murders and racketeering as well as 'everyday' criminality such as pickpocketing and drunkenness. He charts how such activities peaked and changed over the centuries as east London itself transformed. Today, as the City of London encroaches and the area gentrifies, the East End embraces the 'white-collar' crimes of financial misconduct and property violations, as well as seemingly ineradicable gang warfare. Putting infamous crimes in long historical context, Bennett brings to light the ripple effect of lawlessness across East End communities then and now. He explores the ways in which, throughout the decades, the area has been not only the backdrop but also the incubator and trigger of crimes large and small. And in so doing, he reveals a pattern of strengthening and loosening community ties, the devastating effects of political disenfranchisement and inequality, and the character of the much-vaunted, chimerical 'East Ender'. This rich, gripping and deliciously unsavory volume will fascinate Londonphiles and true-crime lovers alike." - from the inner front jacket flap. "A fast-moving pageant of London's criminal East End. Familiar names such as Dick Turpin, Jack the Ripper and the Krays share the spotlight with Restoration bawds, anarchist gunmen, fascist Blackshirts and several centuries of villainy, many of whose stories are being told here for the first time. It's a dangerous, technicolor underworld brought vividly to life." - Donald Rumbelow, author. "A satisfying wallow in all the most lurid aspects of East End history: the squalid opium dens and Whitechapel murders of the nineteenth century, the fascist marches of the thirties, the gang culture and criminal goings-on of more recent decades . A great guilty pleasure." - Andrew Martin, author. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 004505

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Mob Town: A History of Crime and Disorder in...

Verlag: Yale University Press, New Haven, Connecticut

Erscheinungsdatum: 2017

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: As New

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: As New

Auflage: 1st Edition