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London lives : poverty, crime and the making of a modern city, 1690-1800 / Tim Hitchcock and Robert Shoemaker.
Van Pelt Library HV6950.L7 H57 2014
By Request
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hitchcock, Tim, 1957-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Crime--England--London--History--18th century.
- Crime.
- Poor--England--London--Social conditions--18th century.
- Poor.
- Criminals--England--London--Social conditions--18th century.
- Criminals.
- Criminal justice, Administration of--England--London--History--18th century.
- Criminal justice, Administration of.
- Public welfare--England--London--History--18th century.
- Public welfare.
- History.
- Social conditions.
- London (England)--Social conditions--18th century.
- London (England).
- Criminals--Social conditions.
- Poor--Social conditions.
- England--London.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 461 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Cambridge University Press, [2015]
- Contents:
- Beggarman, thief, 1690-1713
- Protest and resistance, 1713-1731
- Vestries, justices and their opponents, 1731-1748
- Reformers and their discontents, 1748-1763
- Finding a voice, 1763-1776
- The state in chaos, 1776-1789
- Epilogue, the 1790s.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9781107639942
- 1107639948
- 9781107025271
- 1107025273
- OCLC:
- 879983461
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