Print Culture, Crime and Justice in 18th-Century London Contributor(s): Ward, Richard M. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1472506855 ISBN-13: 9781472506856 Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic OUR PRICE: $148.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2014 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | Modern - 18th Century - History | Europe - Great Britain - General - History | Social History |
Dewey: 070.449 |
LCCN: 2014495215 |
Series: History of Crime, Deviance and Punishment |
Physical Information: 0.75" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.41 lbs) 336 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Cultural Region - British Isles |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: In the first half of the 18th century there was an explosion in the volume and variety of crime literature published in London. This was a 'golden age of writing about crime', when the older genres of criminal biographies, social policy pamphlets and 'last-dying speeches' were joined by a raft of new publications, including newspapers, periodicals, graphic prints, the Old Bailey Proceedings and the Ordinary's Account of malefactors executed at Tyburn. By the early 18th century propertied Londoners read a wider array of printed texts and images about criminal offenders - highwaymen, housebreakers, murderers, pickpockets and the like - than ever before or since. |