EAST END 1888 A year in a London borough among the labouring poor (SIGNED)

Hardback. SIGNED. The last quarter of the 19th-century saw a huge increase in Britain's wealth, yet a growing inequality between rich and poor. Nowhere was this disparity greater than in London. In this book, the author provides a unique study of the labouring poor in the East End, focusing in on one dramatic year, that of Jack the Ripper and the Matchgirls' Strike, when poverty crime, disease and social unrest were at their height. Illus., Bibliog. and Index. 343pp. lge. 8vo h/back. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY WILLIAM J. FISHMAN. Nr. F. in sl. creased and sunned Vg. dw.