The London hanged : crime and civil society in the eighteenth century
Linebaugh, Peter1991
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Contesting the view of the 18th century as that of a prospering consumer society and revealing its polar opposite in the poverty of the labouring people of the imperial metropolis, this book gives an insight into the conditions of labouring life among those whom the consumer society consumed.
Main title:
The London hanged : crime and civil society in the eighteenth century / Peter Linebaugh.
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Imprint:
London : Allen Lane, 1991.
Collation:
xxvii,484p. : ill., maps ; 25cm.
Notes:
Bibliography: p442-473.- Includes index.
ISBN:
9780713990454
Dewey class:
364.25609421942.107364.2
Local class:
364.9421
Language:
English
BRN:
143510
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