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A most diabolical deed' : Infanticide and Irish society, 1850-1900

Examining the phenomenon of infanticide in Ireland from 1850 to 1900, this title is based on a large sample of 4,645 individual cases of infant murder, attempted infanticide and concealment of birth. Through a variety of sources, attitudes towards the crime of infanticide and women accused of the of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Place of publication not identified] : Oxford University Press USA, 2015.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 'A melancholy thing' : an overview
  • 'Dead children, like drowned sailors, tell no tales' : coroners' courts
  • 'That species of crime' : criminal courts
  • 'Rumour, with its hundred tongues' : the community
  • 'News of the ghastly spectacle' : the press
  • 'A very great escape' : prisons.