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The Devil’S Highway: Urban Anxieties and Subaltern Cultures in London’s Sailortown, C.1850-1900 - Studies in Popular Culture Brad Beaven
The Devil’S Highway: Urban Anxieties and Subaltern Cultures in London’s Sailortown, C.1850-1900 - Studies in Popular Culture
Brad Beaven
Branded the Devil’s Highway, nineteenth century Ratcliffe Highway was associated with crime and vice. In contrast, this book argues that sailortown was a distinctive and functional community. This community fostered an urban-maritime culture that shaped a sense of themselves and the conventions that governed subaltern behaviour in the district. -- .
232 pages, 2 Maps
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | January 14, 2025 |
| ISBN13 | 9781526177926 |
| Publishers | Manchester University Press |
| Pages | 216 |
| Dimensions | 165 × 241 × 19 mm · 484 g |
| Language | English |
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