The Politics of the Poor

Marc Brodie examines the political views of the poor of London's East End in the late Victorian and Edwardian periods. Older accounts often portray the area's residents as desperately poor and irregularly employed, living in slums and largely indifferent to politics.

The book also considers the occasional episodes when residents backed populist causes, including protectionism, imperialism and hostility to immigrants.

It suits historians of Britain and of London, and readers of social and political history. Published by OUP Oxford. ISBN-13: 9780199270552.