Mayhem: Post-War Crime and Violence in Britain, 1748-53

Mayhem: Post-War Crime and Violence in Britain, 1748-53
ISBN-10
0300169620
ISBN-13
9780300169621
Series
Mayhem
Category
History
Pages
258
Language
English
Published
2012-01-01
Publisher
Yale University Press
Author
Nicholas Rogers

Description

Through interlocking stories of duels, highway robberies smuggling, riots, binge drinking and earthquakes, Rogers captures the anxieties of a half-decade and assesses the social reforms contemporaries framed and imagined to deal with the crisis.

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