Writing the History of Crime - Couverture souple

Knepper, Professor Paul

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1472518527 ISBN 13 : 9781472518521

Editeur : Bloomsbury Academic, 2015

Synopsis

Writing the History of Crime investigates the development of historical writing on the subject of crime and its wider place in social and cultural history. It examines long-standing and emerging traditions in history writing, with separate chapters on legal and scientific approaches, as well as on urban, Marxist, gender and empire history. Each chapter then explores these historical approaches in relation to crime, paying particular attention to the relationship between theory and the interpretation of evidence.

Rather than a timeline for the historical appearance of ideas about crime or a catalogue of the range of topics that comprise the subject matter, Writing the History of Crime reveals the ideas behind crime as a subject of historical investigation; it looks at how these ideas generate questions that may be asked about the past and the way in which these questions are answered. This is a crucial analysis for anyone interested in the history of crime, the historiography of social history or the art of history writing more broadly.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Paul Knepper is Professor of Criminology at the University of Sheffield, UK.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Bloomsbury Academic
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1472518527
• ISBN 13: 9781472518521
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 248
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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