Rape: A History from 1860 to the Present

Zusatztext This is a comprehensive survey of sexual criminality over the past 150 years . . . [it] is a thorough! intelligent! and balanced examination of a crime whose prevalence is only rising Informationen zum Autor Joanna Bourke is a professor of history at Birkbeck College in London. Her book An Intimate History of Killing received critical acclaim, winning the Wolfson History Prize. Klappentext * A fascinating, thought-provoking book on the emotive subject of rape from the highly acclaimed author of FEAR. 'Joanna Bourke is a talented young historian' SUNDAY TIMES. Now out in paperback* A fascinating, thought-provoking book on the emotive subject of rape from the highly acclaimed author of FEAR. 'Joanna Bourke is a talented young historian' SUNDAY TIMES. Now out in paperback Zusammenfassung * A fascinating, thought-provoking book on the emotive subject of rape from the highly acclaimed author of FEAR. 'Joanna Bourke is a talented young historian' SUNDAY TIMES. Now out in paperback

Product details

• Authors: Joanna Bourke, Professor Joanna Bourke, Bourke Joanna
• Publisher: Virago Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.07.2008
• EAN: 9781844081554
• ISBN: 978-1-84408-155-4
• No. of pages: 576
• Dimensions: 200 mm x 132 mm x 37 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; History: specific events & topics, HISTORY / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, History: specific events and topics, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology