The Streets of East London

London England: Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd. Very Good. 1980. 2nd Impression. Soft Cover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall Quarto 0715614169 Paperback Paperback. The Streets of East London. Photographs by Nicholas Breach. Very slight wear to top edge of spine. The home of successive waves of immigrants, from the Huguenots in the seventeenth century to the Jews in the nineteenth and the Bangla-Deshis today, London's East End has been the scwene of the worst poverty and exploitation, and has inspired its greates philanthropists, reformers and radicals. The East End is, and always has been, a place where conditions are tough, crime violent and work hard, but in which Cockney optimism and love of life are proverbial. In this evocative book, the area's turbulent past and continuing traditions are accurately explored in text and pictures. It East Eng life has a character that transcends period and generation, it is vividly captured and delineated here, in a book which will delight and intrigue alike the citizen, the historian, the general reader and the visitor. Illustrated throughout. 139 pp. We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. Academic and Scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Educational Reference Literature.) .