London Hanged - Crime and Civil Society in the Eighteenth Century

Zusatztext “A bold! sweeping and provocative book ... it offers the most engrossing and stirring slice of London’s history to have appeared in a long time.”— Times Higher Educational Supplement “A remarkable book ... this is history as it should be written.”—Alec Campbell! Daily Mail Informationen zum Autor Peter Linebaugh is Professor of History at the University of Toledo. He writes extensively on British history, Irish history, labor history and the history of the colonial Atlantic. His books include The Magna Carta Manifesto , The Many-Headed Hydra and The London Hanged , and he contributes frequently to CounterPunch . Klappentext This groundbreaking history aids any understanding of the rise of capitalism. Zusammenfassung In eighteenth-century London the spectacle of a hanging was not simply a form of punishing transgressors. Rather it evidently served the more sinister purpose - for a privileged ruling class - of forcing the poor population of London to accept the criminalization of customary rights and new forms of private property.

Product details

• Authors: Peter Linebaugh
• Publisher: Verso
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.03.2006
• EAN: 9781859845769
• ISBN: 978-1-85984-576-9
• No. of pages: 522
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; London, Greater London, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Georgian Era (1714-1837), HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Victorian Era (1837-1901), 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, British & Irish history, Social and cultural history, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology, C 1700 To C 1800