Cultures of Shame: Exploring Crime and Morality in Britain 1600-1900 - Couverture rigide

Nash, D.; Kilday, A.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0230525709 ISBN 13 : 9780230525702

Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010

Synopsis

The first systematic study of the concept of shame from 1600-1900, showing good and bad behaviour, morality and perceptions of crime in British society at large. Single episodes in the history of shame are contextualized by discussing the historiography and theory of shame and their implications for the history of crime and social relations.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

DAVID NASH is Professor of History at Oxford Brookes University, UK. He has published widely on the history of Secularism in Britain. Most recently he has published internationally renowned works on the history of blasphemy in Britain and the Christian world and other works on the relationship between crime, law and culture.

ANNE-MARIE KILDAY is Principal Lecturer in History at Oxford Brookes University, UK. She has written on the history of women's criminality (such as infanticide) and violent crime since the seventeenth century in Scotland as well as in wider comparative contexts. She has published numerous articles; has contributed to a number of edited collections and has hosted a number of recent conferences on crime and related subjects.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Palgrave Macmillan
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0230525709
• ISBN 13: 9780230525702
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 253
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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