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Tales from the German underworld : crime and punishment in the nineteenth century / Richard J. Evans.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Evans, Richard J.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Crime--Germany--History--19th century.
- Crime.
- Criminals--Germany--History--19th century.
- Criminals.
- Detective and mystery stories, German.
- History.
- Germany.
- Physical Description:
- x, 278 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New Haven : Yale University Press, [1998]
- Summary:
- Through the means of four powerful and extraordinary narratives from the 19th-century German underworld, this book deftly explores an intriguing array of questions about criminality, punishment, and social exclusion in modern German history. Drawing on legal documents and police files, historian Richard Evans dramatizes the case histories of four alleged felons to shed light on German penal policy of the time. 25 illustrations.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-269) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0300072244
- OCLC:
- 37820127
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