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Secret sins : sex, violence and society in Carmarthenshire, 1870-1920 /
Sleepy rustic Carmarthenshire was secretly a hotbed of debauchery, violence and drunkenness according to Russell Davies in a new edition of his very successful book, 'Secret Sins'. Behind the facade of idyllic rural life, there was a twilight world of mental illness, suicide, crime, viciou...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cardiff :
University of Wales Press,
2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Sleepy rustic Carmarthenshire was secretly a hotbed of debauchery, violence and drunkenness according to Russell Davies in a new edition of his very successful book, 'Secret Sins'. Behind the facade of idyllic rural life, there was a twilight world of mental illness, suicide, crime, vicious assaults, infanticide, cruelty and other assorted acts of depravity. This almost anecdotal historical study is often funny, sometimes disturbing, always revealing. |
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| Notas: | Reprint. Originally published 1996. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 327 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780708325575 0708325572 1306495024 9781306495028 9781783165452 1783165456 |