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Duckworth, 1988 (hardcover)
East End 1888
Fishman, William J.
London: Duckworth. 1988.
343pp. Illustrated, Bibliography, Index. [Victorian London]
ISBN: 0715621742

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Required reading for serious students of the case, or anyone who wants to know what the East End was really like in 1888. Fishman scours the topics of crime, women, children, politics and much more in this acaedmic and yet highly readable work. Highly recommended.

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       Press Reports: Blood Money to Whitechapel 
       Press Reports: Boston Daily Globe - 10 December 1888 
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