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Secret sins : sex, violence and society in Carmarthenshire, 1870-1920 / Russell Davies.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Davies, Russell, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Wales--Civilization.
- Wales.
- Wales--Social life and customs.
- Carmarthenshire (Wales)--Social conditions.
- Carmarthenshire (Wales).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (341 p.)
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cardiff, [Wales] : University of Wales Press, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Sleepy rustic Carmarthenshire was secretly a hotbed of debauchery, violence and drunkenness according to Russell Davies in a new edition of his very successful book, 'Secret Sins'. Behind the facade of idyllic rural life, there was a twilight world of mental illness, suicide, crime, vicious assaults, infanticide, cruelty and other assorted acts of depravity. This almost anecdotal historical study is often funny, sometimes disturbing, always revealing.
- Contents:
- Front Cover; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Preface; Introduction: Private Lives, Public Witnesses: The Individual and Society in Carmarthenshire; A Sense of Place; A Psychic Crisis? The Social Contextof Mental Illness and Suicide; 'Secret Sins': Crime and Protest; Sexuality and Tension; Spiritual Skeletons: Religion, Superstitionand Popular Culture; Conclusion: Carmarthenshire and Welsh Society; Notes; Index; Back Cover
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 25, 2015).
- ISBN:
- 0-7083-2557-2
- OCLC:
- 874906347
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