Lisa Rosner

The Anatomy Murders

Being the True and Spectacular History of Edinburgh's Notorious Burke and Hare and of the Man of Science Who Abetted Them in the Commission of Their Most Heinous Crimes

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Produktbeschreibung

Lisa Rosner is Professor of History at Richard Stockton College of New Jersey and author of The Most Beautiful Man in Existence: The Scandalous Life of Alexander Lesassier, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. August 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 151mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 554g
• ISBN-13: 9780812221763
• ISBN-10: 0812221761
• Artikelnr.: 33876076

Autorenporträt

Lisa Rosner is Professor of History at Richard Stockton College of New Jersey and author of The Most Beautiful Man in Existence: The Scandalous Life of Alexander Lesassier, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: The Burke and Hare Murders
Chapter 1 The Corpus Delicti
Chapter 2 The Anatomy Wars
Chapter 3 Burking Invented
Chapter 4 Sold to Dr. Knox
Chapter 5 Based on a True Story
Chapter 6 The Dangerous Classes
Chapter 7 Anonymous Subjects
Chapter 8 The Criminal Mind
Chapter 9 Crime Scene: Edinburgh
Chapter 10 Day in Court
Chapter 11 All That Remains
Cost of Characters
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments