Streetlife In Late Victorian London: The Constable And The Crowd
by Peter Andersson /
2013 / English / PDF
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Focusing on the everyday behaviour of people in the
late-Victorian street, this volume provides an alternative
history of the modern city and sheds new light on the
relationship between police constables and civilians. Using a
theoretical framework from the sociological school of symbolic
interactionism, the author explores human behaviour as a
'performance' or 'presentation of the self' and demonstrates that
it is often dependent on situational rather than socioeconomic
status. A wealth of source material, such as trial reports,
internal documents from the London police forces and
autobiographical material from the poorer classes is scrutinised
to explore public interaction in the capital. And, by examining
neighbourhood relations, public house fraternising, pedestrian
behaviour and public self-presentation, Peter Andersson provides
a vivid picture of the urban dweller at the centre of this urban
history.
Focusing on the everyday behaviour of people in the
late-Victorian street, this volume provides an alternative
history of the modern city and sheds new light on the
relationship between police constables and civilians. Using a
theoretical framework from the sociological school of symbolic
interactionism, the author explores human behaviour as a
'performance' or 'presentation of the self' and demonstrates that
it is often dependent on situational rather than socioeconomic
status. A wealth of source material, such as trial reports,
internal documents from the London police forces and
autobiographical material from the poorer classes is scrutinised
to explore public interaction in the capital. And, by examining
neighbourhood relations, public house fraternising, pedestrian
behaviour and public self-presentation, Peter Andersson provides
a vivid picture of the urban dweller at the centre of this urban
history.