Eloise Moss

Night Raiders

Burglary and the Making of Modern Urban Life in London, 1860-1968

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Produktbeschreibung

Lurking in the shadowy depths of the night-time city, burglars inspired both fear and fascination during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Night Raiders is the first history of burglary in modern Britain, exploring how burglary fundamentally reshaped the meanings of 'home' and urban lifestyles during this important period of change.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 268
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. September 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 160mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 567g
• ISBN-13: 9780198840381
• ISBN-10: 0198840381
• Artikelnr.: 56789006

Autorenporträt

Eloise Moss is Lecturer in Modern British History at the University of Manchester. Her research deals with histories of crime, gender, and urban culture from the Victorian period to the present. You can follow her on twitter: @ladyburglar.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1: 'The King of all Burglars'
2: A. J. Raffles: Gentleman Thief
3: Marvellous Mrs. Raffles? The Implausible Woman Burglar
4: The Cat Burglar as London's Rooftop Threat
5: Burglary Insurance and the Culture of Fear
6: Designing the Burglar-Proof Home
7: Defying the Burglar in Post-War London
8: Spy-Burglars and Secrets in the Cold War Capital
Epilogue: 'We are all burglars'
Appendix