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Mayhem : post-war crime and violence in Britain, 1748-53 / Nicholas Rogers.
LIBRA DA500 .R64 2012
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rogers, Nicholas.
- Series:
- Lewis Walpole series in eighteenth-century culture and history
- The Lewis Walpole series in eighteenth-century culture and history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Violence.
- History.
- Great Britain--History--George II, 1727-1760.
- Great Britain.
- Great Britain--Social conditions--18th century.
- Social conditions.
- Violence--England--History--18th century.
- England.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 258 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New Haven : Yale University Press, [2012]
- Contents:
- The trials of Admiral Knowles
- The sailors' return
- The sailors' revenge
- Fire from heaven: the London earthquakes of 1750
- Riots, revels, and reprisals
- Tackling the gin craze
- Henry Fielding and social reform
- From Havana to Halifax.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780300169621
- 0300169620
- OCLC:
- 785864938
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