London lives : poverty, crime and the making of a modern city, 1690-1800 / Tim Hitchcock and Robert Shoemaker.
- Hitchcock, Tim, 1957-
- Date:
- 2015
- Books
About this work
Publication/Creation
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
Physical description
xvi, 461 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents
Beggarman, thief, 1690-1713 -- Protest and resistance, 1713-1731 -- Vestries, justices and their opponents, 1731-1748 -- Reformers and their discontents, 1748-1763 -- Finding a voice, 1763-1776 -- The state in chaos, 1776-1789 -- Epilogue, the 1790s.
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references (pages 414-443) and index.
Languages
Subjects
- CrimeEnglandLondonHistory18th century
- PoorEnglandLondonSocial conditions18th century
- CriminalsEnglandLondonSocial conditions18th century
- Criminal justice, Administration ofEnglandLondonHistory18th century
- Public welfareEnglandLondonHistory18th century
- Crimeethnology
- Crimehistory
- Povertyhistory
- London (England)Social conditions18th century
Where to find it
Location Status History of MedicineJQP.431.AA6-7Open shelves
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ISBN
- 9781107025271