Nineteenth century crime : literature, reports, and true crime from the American Antiquarian Society.

Format:

Book

Series:

Crime, Punishment, and Popular Culture, 1790-1920.

Crime, Punishment, and Popular Culture, 1790-1920

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Crime--United States--History--19th century.

Crime.

Criminal justice, Administration of--United States--History--19th century.

Criminal justice, Administration of.

Criminals--United States--History--19th century.

Criminals.

Correctional institutions--United States--History--19th century.

Correctional institutions.

History.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (3,136 monographs, 185 manuscripts (28 items), 32 issues (732 articles) (486,386 pages)) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1750-1923.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

The collection Nineteenth century crime: literature, reports, and true crime from the American Antiquarian Society contains historical accounts of crime and punishment; novels dealing with crime, adventure and war; legal documents including case law and legislative reports; and other supporting documents from the nineteenth century. The late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries in the United States saw the establishment and growth of the penitentiary system, and by the late nineteenth century, the modern US correctional institution was established. These and other social changes are reflected in this collection.

Notes:

Date range of documents: 1750-1923.

Source institution: American Antiquarian Society.

Subcollection titles: The Libby chronicle; The Ontario gazette.

Local Notes:

Images from the source libraries are selected contents of the original collection materials as representative of their value and pertinence to the digital product.

Contains:

Libby chronicle.

Ontario gazette.

OCLC:

937021531

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.