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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
Hobbs, Dick
Doing the business, entrepreneurship,
the working class and detectives in the East End of London.
1. London. East End. Social conditions
I. Title
942.1′5085′8
ISBN 0-19-825598-5

Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Hobbs, Dick.
Doing the business: entrepreneurship, the working class, and
detectives in the East End of London/ Dick Hobbs.
Bibliography: Includes index.
1. Social classes--England--East End ( London)
2. Entrepreneurship--England--East End ( London) 3. Labor and
laboring classes--England--East End ( London) 4. Detectives--
England--East End ( London--Social conditions. 5. Crime and
criminals--England--East End ( London) I. Title.
HN400.S6H63 1988 305.5′09421--dc19 88-5222
ISBN 0-19-825598-5

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