Descript |
256 pages |
Contents |
1. Introduction: 'Little News from England, but of Robberies'2. 'All this is not Imagination, but Matter of Fact': Contemporary Readings of Crime Literature3. Highway Robbery 'Grows No Joke': Print Culture and Prosecution 4. The Efficacy of Empirical and Providential Detection: Print Culture and Policing 5. 'More Terror in it than Mere Hanging': Print Culture and Punishment 6. Conclusion: Constituting, as well as Reflecting, Social RealitiesAppendices Bibliography Index |
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ISBN |
9781472511904 (e-book) |
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9781472506856 (hbk.) |
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