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Vice, crime and poverty : how the Western imagination invented the underworld /

"Prostitutes, criminals, and the sordid, dangerous places they inhabit have always been with us. Yet there has not always been an "underworld," or what the French call "les bas-fonds." This expression, which appeared in most western languages in the 19th century, reveals a n...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kalifa, Dominique (Autor)
Otros Autores: Emanuel, Susan (Traductor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Francés
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press, [2019]
Colección:European perspectives.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • In the den of horror
  • Courts of miracles
  • "Dangerous classes"
  • Empire of lists
  • The disguised prince
  • The grand dukes' tour
  • Poetic flight
  • Ebbing of an imaginary
  • Slow eclipse of the underworld
  • Persistent shadows
  • Roots of fascination