Policing and Punishment in Nineteenth Century Britain 1138942677, 9781138942677

Victorians Against the Gallows: Capital Punishment and the Abolitionist Movement in Nineteenth-Century Britain 9780755698493, 9781848856943

By the time that Queen Victoria ascended the throne in 1837, the list of crimes liable to attract the death penalty had

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Instrumental Teaching in Nineteenth-Century Britain (Music in Nineteenth-Century Britain) 1840146559, 9781840146554, 9780754681731

It is a truth widely acknowledged that, while part of a uniquely diverse and vibrant musical environment, the achievemen

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Lord and Peasant in Nineteenth Century Britain 9781317221975

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Policing Prostitution in Nineteenth-Century Paris 9780691198118, 069119811X

Prostitution was a serious problem for nineteenth-century Europe: a threat to public health and public order and, at the

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Government and the Railways in Nineteenth-Century Britain 9781487580186

Railways presented nineteenth century governments with political as well as economic problems. The book traces governmen

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Making and remaking saints in nineteenth-century Britain 9781526100221

This original collection of essays examines for the first time the place of 'saints' and sanctity in nineteent

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Science Periodicals in Nineteenth-Century Britain: Constructing Scientific Communities 9780226683461

Periodicals played a vital role in the developments in science and medicine that transformed nineteenth-century Britain.

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Crime, Punishment, and Policing in China 9780742575592, 9780742535756

Crime long has been a silent partner in China's march to modernization, leading the regime to make law and order as

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Crime, Policing and Punishment in England, 1660–1914 9781474296120, 9781441117656

Crime, Policing and Punishment in England, 1660-1914 offers an overview of the changing nature of crime and its punishme

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Punishment in Paradise: Race, Slavery, Human Rights, and a Nineteenth-Century Brazilian Penal Colony 9780822375890

Peter M. Beattie provides a detailed examination of the nineteenth-century Brazilian island penal colony Fernando de Nor

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