ROTHSCHILD BUILDINGS (EAST END TENEMENT BLOCK 1887-1920) (PB

Rothschild Buildings were typical of the 'model dwellings for the working classes' which were such an important part of the response to late-Victorian London's housing problem. They were built for poor but respectable Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe, and the community which put down roots there was to be characteristic of the East End Jewish working class in its formative years. Through interviews and documentary evidence, this book provides a unique and fascinating insights into immigrant and working-class life at the turn of the last century.