Hard Men - The English and Violence Since 1750

Informationen zum Autor Clive Emsley was Emeritus Professor and founder Co-Director of the International Centre for Comparative Criminological Research at the Open University, UK. His books include Crime and Society in England, 1750-1900 , The English Police: A Political and Social History and Gendarmes and the State in Nineteenth-Century Europe . Klappentext The garrotters who terrified London in 1862, the Irish Fenians who carried our terrorist bombings in London and the gangs who dominated parts of the East End in the early years of the twentieth century all used violence to achieve their ends. Hard Men is a survey of the changing pattern of violent behaviour, public and private, in England over two hundred and fifty years. People in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries were certainly more tolerant of domestic violence and rough communal sports and celebrations than their grandchildren. Contentious public meetings, notably elections, could end in serious injuries; the state and the police exercised control by violent means where they deemed it necessary; and there were of course violent crimes committed by men, women and children. While the exercise of violence reflected changes in society and attitudes, it is difficult to point to a golden age in the past without it. Inhaltsverzeichnis Illustrations Preface Abbreviations 1 A Violent Society? 2 Garotters, Gangsters and Perverts 3 Play the Game 4 Family and Home 5 Foreign Passions: English Laws 6 Violent Protest 7 Stones and Fisticuffs 8 Violent Policemen 9 Viokence and the State 10 The Present Notes Index

Product details

• Authors: Clive Emsley, Professor Clive Emsley
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.01.2007
• EAN: 9781852855024
• ISBN: 978-1-85285-502-4
• No. of pages: 225
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; England, Europäische Geschichte, Vereinigtes Königreich, Großbritannien, 20th Century, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain, History - General History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Social and cultural history, Violence in society, Violence and abuse in society, C 1700 To C 1800, Violence, intolerance and persecution in history