The London Hanged: Crime And Civil Society In The Eighteenth Century 9781789602081, 1859845762, 9781859845769

Chinese Society in the Eighteenth Century 9780300161946

During the eighteenth century, China’s new Manchu rulers consolidated their control of the largest empire China had ever

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Civil Society and Empire: Ireland and Scotland in the Eighteenth-Century Atlantic World 9780300155907

James Livesey traces the origins of the modern conception of civil society—an ideal of collective life between the famil

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Civil Society and Empire: Ireland and Scotland in the Eighteenth-Century Atlantic World 0300139020, 9780300139020

James Livesey traces the origins of the modern conception of civil society—an ideal of collective life between the famil

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Crime, Prosecution and Social Relations: The Summary Courts of the City of London in the Late Eighteenth Century 0230203973, 9780230203976

Offers a fascinating view of the social history of Georgian London through the workings of the Summary courts. By analyz

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Print Culture, Crime and Justice in Eighteenth-Century London 9781472506856, 9781474210867, 9781472511904

In the first half of the 18th century there was an explosion in the volume and variety of crime literature published in

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Down and Out in Eighteenth-Century London 9781474210164, 9781852852818

London in the 18th century was the greatest city in the world. It was a magnet that drew men and women from the rest of

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London Ladies: True Tales of the Eighteenth Century 9780231885812

Presents true stories of women from 18th century London such as Martha Ray, Elizabeth Simpson Inchbald, Amelia Aderson O

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Albion's Fatal Tree: Crime and Society in Eighteenth-Century England 0394471202, 0394730852

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Customers and Patrons of the Mad-Trade: The Management of Lunacy in Eighteenth-Century London 9780520926080

This book is a lively commentary on the eighteenth-century mad-business, its practitioners, its patients (or "custo

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London in the Eighteenth Century: A Great and Monstrous Thing 9781448129539

Jerry White's London in the Eighteenth Century is an unrivalled, panoramic account of the city's dramatic cent

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