- 352 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About This Book
A new account of urban Victorian life told through the dubious day-to-day of London's police courts. 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 themâdrunks, pickpockets, wife-beaters, and fraudstersâwho 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, andâof courseâcrime.
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright
- CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTION AND THEMES
- 1 THE POLICE, DRINK AND THE WORKING CLASSES
- 2 REGULATING THE CAPITALâS STREETS AND BUSINESSES
- 3 THIEVES AND SWINDLERS
- 4 VIOLENCE AND HOMICIDE
- 5 JUVENILES IN THE POLICE COURTS
- 6 PROSTITUTION AND THE POLICE COURTS
- 7 POVERTY AND HOMELESSNESS
- 8 POLITICS, RIOT AND TRADE UNIONISM
- CONCLUSION: THE PEOPLEâS COURTS?
- REFERENCES
- SUGGESTED READING
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- PHOTO ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- INDEX