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Men of blood : violence, manliness and criminal justice in Victorian England /
An examination of the treatment of serious violence by men against women in nineteenth-century England. During Victoria's reign the criminal law came to punish such violence more systematically and heavily, while propagating a new, more pacific ideal of manliness. Yet this apparently progressiv...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2004.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | An examination of the treatment of serious violence by men against women in nineteenth-century England. During Victoria's reign the criminal law came to punish such violence more systematically and heavily, while propagating a new, more pacific ideal of manliness. Yet this apparently progressive legal development called forth strong resistance. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvi, 296 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 051116632X 9780511166327 0511165196 9780511165191 9780511164392 0511164394 9780521831987 0521831989 9780511511547 051151154X 9780521684163 0521684161 1107148626 9781107148628 1280437715 9781280437717 0511165536 9780511165535 0511313055 9780511313059 |