East End Underworld (1981): Chapters in the Life of Arthur Harding: Routledge Revivals: History Workshop Series
Editat de Raphael Samuelen Limba Engleză Hardback – 11 aug 2016
The reader is introduced to some of the major features of East End life — back-street enterprise, neighbourhood solidarity, politics and popular culture. Among the many themes that can be traced are the relationship between the underworld and the local working-class community; the collusive understanding established between villains and the police; the effects of the criminalisation of street betting; and the relationship between Jews, non-Jews and what the author terms ‘half-jews’ in a district of high immigration. Drawn from transcripts of recorded reminiscences, this book provides an important text for understanding the political economy of crime — extended by the authors extensive footnotes and a preface discussing the peculiar moral complexion of south-west Bethnal Green.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781138212282
ISBN-10: 1138212288
Pagini: 369
Ilustrații: 8
Dimensiuni: 138 x 216 mm
Greutate: 0.57 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Seria Routledge Revivals: History Workshop Series
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 1138212288
Pagini: 369
Ilustrații: 8
Dimensiuni: 138 x 216 mm
Greutate: 0.57 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Seria Routledge Revivals: History Workshop Series
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom
Cuprins
Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Inside the Jago 2 Relatives 3 Home life 4 Out and about 5 Totting and busking 6 Bacon Street and Queen’s Buildings 7 Criminal apprenticeship 8 Gibraltar Gardens 9 Cabinet-making 10 The terrors of Brick Lane 11 Jews and half-Jews 12 Vendettas 13 Prison years, 1911-22 14 Gambling 15 Dealings with the police 16 Marriage 17 Wardrobe dealing 18 Domestic life and social change 19 The Gold rush 20 A shop in Brick Lane 21 Politics and philosophy of life; A glossary of underworld talk; Notes; Index
Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Inside the Jago 2 Relatives 3 Home life 4 Out and about 5 Totting and busking 6 Bacon Street and Queen’s Buildings 7 Criminal apprenticeship 8 Gibraltar Gardens 9 Cabinet-making 10 The terrors of Brick Lane 11 Jews and half-Jews 12 Vendettas 13 Prison years, 1911-22 14 Gambling 15 Dealings with the police 16 Marriage 17 Wardrobe dealing 18 Domestic life and social change 19 The Gold rush 20 A shop in Brick Lane 21 Politics and philosophy of life; A glossary of underworld talk; Notes; Index
Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Inside the Jago 2 Relatives 3 Home life 4 Out and about 5 Totting and busking 6 Bacon Street and Queen’s Buildings 7 Criminal apprenticeship 8 Gibraltar Gardens 9 Cabinet-making 10 The terrors of Brick Lane 11 Jews and half-Jews 12 Vendettas 13 Prison years, 1911-22 14 Gambling 15 Dealings with the police 16 Marriage 17 Wardrobe dealing 18 Domestic life and social change 19 The Gold rush 20 A shop in Brick Lane 21 Politics and philosophy of life; A glossary of underworld talk; Notes; Index
Descriere
First published in 1981, this book examines the life of Arthur Harding, a well-known East End underworld figure during the first half of the twentieth century. The first five chapters survey his early life in the ‘Jago’ slum, offering a different view of an often vilified district. The subsequent phases of his life as a cabinet-maker, street trader and wardrobe dealer reflect the changing fortunes of the East End from hand-to-mouth conditions in the late-nineteenth century to comparative security in the 1930s. Drawn from transcripts of recorded reminiscences, this book provides an important text for understanding the political economy of crime — extended by the authors extensive footnotes.