| Crime and Punishment in Eighteenth Century England Contributor(s): McLynn, Frank (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415010144 ISBN-13: 9780415010146 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $171.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 1989 Annotation: In b /b b i Crime and Punishment in Eighteenth-Century England, /i /b b /b Frank McLynn undermines the traditional myths of crime in the century. He sets crime into a wider social and political context, within a world of fears and envies, but most of all as part of a society with a deep sense of insecurity. At one level, the eighteenth century was the Age of Reason, a period of Augustan elegance and calm. At another level, it was a Hogarthian world of crime, disease and squalor. It is a compelling a disturbing picture, presented by a historian who is a master of his craft. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Criminology - History |
| Dewey: 364.942 |
| LCCN: 88036411 |
| Physical Information: 1.18" H x 6.46" W x 9.52" (1.72 lbs) 440 pages |
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| Publisher Description: McLynn provides the first comprehensive view of crime and its consequences in the eighteenth century: why was England notorious for violence? Why did the death penalty prove no deterrent? Was it a crude means of redistributing wealth? |