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Albion's Fatal Tree
- Crime and Society in Eighteenth-Century England
Engelsk
Bogcover for Albion's Fatal Tree af John G Rule, Cal Winslow, Peter Linebaugh, Douglas Hay, E P Thompson, 9781844677160
Specifikationer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
400
ISBN-13:
9781844677160
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
2
ISBN-10:
1844677168
Udg. Dato:
24 okt 2011
Størrelse i cm:
20,3 x 13,7 x 2,9
Forlag:
Oplagsdato:
24 okt 2011

Albion's Fatal Tree

- Crime and Society in Eighteenth-Century England
Engelsk
Paperback 2011
Format:

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In the popular imagination, informed as it is by Hogarth, Swift, Defoe and Fielding, the eighteenth-century underworld is a place of bawdy knockabout, rife with colourful eccentrics. But the artistic portrayals we have only hint at the dark reality. In this new edition of a classic collection of essays, renowned social historians from Britain and America examine the gangs of criminals who tore apart English society, while a criminal law of unexampled savagery struggled to maintain stability.<br>Douglas Hay deals with the legal system that maintained the propertied classes, and in another essay shows it in brutal action against poachers; John G. Rule and Cal Winslow tell of smugglers and wreckers, showing how these activities formed a natural part of the life of traditional communities. Together with Peter Linebaugh’s piece on the riots against the surgeons at Tyburn, and E. P. Thompson’s illuminating work on anonymous threatening letters, these essays form a powerful contribution to the study of social tensions at a transformative and vibrant stage in English history.<br>This new edition includes a new introduction by Winslow, Hay and Linebaugh, reflecting on the turning point in the social history of crime that the book represents.
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Specifikationer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
400
ISBN-13:
9781844677160
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
2
ISBN-10:
1844677168
Udg. Dato:
24 okt 2011
Størrelse i cm:
20,3 x 13,7 x 2,9
Forlag:
Oplagsdato:
24 okt 2011
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