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Blood on the Tracks
- A History of Railway Crime in Britain
Engelsk Paperback
Blood on the Tracks
- A History of Railway Crime in Britain
Engelsk Paperback

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Between 1835 and the 1850s, railway mania blossomed around Britain. Crime emerged as the railways developed, at first opportunistic crimes such as fare evasion and robberies, but gradually more inventive forms evolved, notably the minor clerk Redpath in the 1850s, whose shameless cooking of the books to live the high life exposed the lack of any kind of accountancy across the railway industry. The first train murder was not until the 1840s, and sparked great fear of foreigners as a German was charged and hanged for the crime. The outcry resulted in the communication cord being introduced to the railway carriages, so that no longer would they exist as completely separate spaces and passengers could alert the driver to any assault within.

This fascinating history covers all varieties of crime on the railways and how it has changed over the years, from assaults and robberies, to theft of goods, murder, vandalism, football and other crowd activity, suicide on the line, fraud and white collar crime, and also looks at the use of railway crime in film and literature.

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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
0
ISBN-13:
9780750982696
Indbinding:
Paperback
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ISBN-10:
0750982691
Udg. Dato:
1 maj 2017
Længde:
14mm
Bredde:
158mm
Højde:
235mm
Forlag:
The History Press Ltd
Oplagsdato:
1 maj 2017
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