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Informationen zum Autor Paul Griffiths is Associate Professor of Early Modern British Cultural and Social History at the History Department! Iowa State University. His previous publications include Youth and Authority: Formative Experiences in England! 1560-1640 (1996) and! as co-editor! Penal Practice and Culture! 1500-1900: Punishing the English (2004). Klappentext A study of the swift growth and transformation of early modern London. Zusammenfassung By focusing on policing! prosecution! and the language and perceptions of the authorities and the underclasses! Paul Griffiths explores the swift growth and transformation of early modern London. The book provided the first full study of petty crime before 1660! analysing worlds and words of crime! criminal rings and cultures. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: rhetorics and records; Part I. Change: 1. Troubled times; 2. Mapping troubles; 3. Streets; Part II. Crime: 4. Crime: worlds; 5. Crime: words; Part III. Control: 6. Court days; 7. Bodies; 8. Policing: people and policy; 9. Policing: night battles; 10. Policing: process and prosecution; 11. Policing: knowledge; Conclusion.
