Holmes Thomas
Holmes Thomas - London's Underworld - Paperback
Holmes Thomas - London's Underworld - Paperback
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Description: Anthem's Travel Classics presents Thomas Holmes masterpiece of early - twentieth - century social journalism: a quirky engaging and witty look at London's criminal and social underworld of 1912. Holmes investigates the seedy intentions of the pickpockets prostitutes prisoners drunks and murderers that comprise the capital's criminal element all of whom he rather tends to admire! A more reflective and progressive theme also runs through this work as the author considers the serious social problems faced by women the disabled and the unemployed. Both a thrilling expos and a considered anthropological review London's Underworld is driven by the author's conflicting feelings of admiration for the rebellious spirit which frees these criminals from the laws of reserved Victorian Society and also pity for the restless violent attitudes which leave them stranded there alone. Introduced by a modern luminary London's Underworld is a revealing look at the crooked past of the great city.
Title: London's Underworld
Author(s): Holmes Thomas
Publisher: Anthem Press
Barcode: 9781843312192
Pages: 198 Pages, 20+ Halftone Photographs
Publication Date: 4/1/2006
Series: Anthem Travel Classics
Category: Social & Cultural History
Description: Anthem's Travel Classics presents Thomas Holmes masterpiece of early - twentieth - century social journalism: a quirky engaging and witty look at London's criminal and social underworld of 1912. Holmes investigates the seedy intentions of the pickpockets prostitutes prisoners drunks and murderers that comprise the capital's criminal element all of whom he rather tends to admire! A more reflective and progressive theme also runs through this work as the author considers the serious social problems faced by women the disabled and the unemployed. Both a thrilling expos and a considered anthropological review London's Underworld is driven by the author's conflicting feelings of admiration for the rebellious spirit which frees these criminals from the laws of reserved Victorian Society and also pity for the restless violent attitudes which leave them stranded there alone. Introduced by a modern luminary London's Underworld is a revealing look at the crooked past of the great city.
Title: London's Underworld
Author(s): Holmes Thomas
Publisher: Anthem Press
Barcode: 9781843312192
Pages: 198 Pages, 20+ Halftone Photographs
Publication Date: 4/1/2006
Series: Anthem Travel Classics
Category: Social & Cultural History
