Streetlife in Late Victorian London: The Constable and the Crowd

Palgrave Macmillan, 2013. Tidy hard cover. Previous owner name inside. Some markings in pencil throughout.

Focusing on the everyday behaviour of people in the late-Victorian street, this extensive study provides an alternative history of the modern city, and sheds new light on the relationship between police constables and civilians. A wealth of source material is scrutinised to explore this public interaction in the capital.