J Carter Wood

Violence and Crime in Nineteenth Century England

The Shadow of our Refinement

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Produktbeschreibung

Discussing topics such as street fighting, policing, community discipline and domestic violence, Wood studies the origins and development of violence as a social issue by examining a critical period in the evolution of attitudes towards violence.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 218
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Dezember 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 318g
• ISBN-13: 9781138010215
• ISBN-10: 1138010219
• Artikelnr.: 39712101

Autorenporträt

J. Carter Wood received a Ph.D. in modern British history from the University of Maryland, College Park, where he also taught as a visiting lecturer. His work has appeared in the journal Crime, History & Societies and he was a contributor to Comparative Histories of Crime (2003). He lives and works in Germany.

Inhaltsangabe

1. 'Speakable' Violence: Mentality and Violence, Narrative and
Counternarrative 2. A Useful Savagery: Violence, Civilization and
Middle-Class Identity 3. 'Vigorous Passions and Decided Actions': Custom
and the Cultural Contexts of Violence 4. 'The Brave Old English Custom' :
Dispute, Recreation and Ritual Violence among Working-Class Men 5. 'The
Wrongdoing of the Poor Man Is as Open as Day' : Built Space, Imagined
Space, Knowledge and Violence 6. 'Heave Half a Brick at a Stranger' :
Strategies of Violence