'This Rash Act' - Bailey, Victor
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"Bailey's growing reputation rests upon in-depth research, forensic skill, and an enviable ability to present his findings in a cogent and engaging manner. . . . This is a brilliant, balanced, and original study that enlarges our understanding of the sociology of suicide and adds enormously to the historical study of self-destruction. It is a magnificent achievement."--English Historical Review "This is a splendid book: in many ways it is a model for how a sophisticated social history might be written at the end of the twentieth century. . . . This remarkable book ends up by offering original…mehr

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"Bailey's growing reputation rests upon in-depth research, forensic skill, and an enviable ability to present his findings in a cogent and engaging manner. . . . This is a brilliant, balanced, and original study that enlarges our understanding of the sociology of suicide and adds enormously to the historical study of self-destruction. It is a magnificent achievement."--English Historical Review "This is a splendid book: in many ways it is a model for how a sophisticated social history might be written at the end of the twentieth century. . . . This remarkable book ends up by offering original and well-grounded insights into a range of issues form the administration of justice to personal narratives of shame and collective beliefs about the destiny of the soul."--Journal of Social History
Autorenporträt
Victor Bailey is Professor of History at the University of Kansas.