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Albion's fatal tree : crime and society in eighteenth-century England

Hay, Douglas, author, Linebaugh, Peter, author, Rule, John, 1944-2011, author, Thompson, E. P. (Edward Palmer), 1924-1993, author, Winslow, Calvin, author

Overview

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. 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. -- Back cover.

• Publisher: Verso
• Subject: Crime England History 18th century. / Crime England 18th century. / Violence England History 18th century.
• ISBN: 9781844677160, 1844677168

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
HV6943.A54 2011	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE