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Wicked Ladies : Provincial Women, Crime and the Eighteenth-Century English Justice System.
In recent years, much has been published on women, crime and justice in English history. However, for a variety of reasons, particularly the ready availability of source material for the capital, such research has tended to have an overwhelmingly Metropolitan focus. This book aims to redress the bal...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Newcastle upon Tyne :
Cambridge Scholars Publishing,
2013.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In recent years, much has been published on women, crime and justice in English history. However, for a variety of reasons, particularly the ready availability of source material for the capital, such research has tended to have an overwhelmingly Metropolitan focus. This book aims to redress the balance for the 'long' eighteenth century by concentrating on women from outside the London area. Although vitally important to the wider country, the Metropolis always contained a small minority of t ... |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (341 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-295) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781443865999 1443865990 132205729X 9781322057293 1443842699 9781443842693 |