Description: Albion's Fatal Tree : Crime and Society in Eighteenth-Century England, Paperback by Hay, Douglas; Linebaugh, Peter; Rule, John G.; Thompson, E. P.; Winslow, Cal, ISBN 1844677168, ISBN-13 9781844677160, Used Good Condition, Free shipping in the US In the popular imagination, informed as it is by Hogarth, Swift, Defoe and Fielding, the eighteenth-century underworld is a place of bawdy knockabout, rife with colourful eccentrics. But the artistic portrayals we have only hint at the dark reality. In this new edition of a classic collection of essays, renowned social historians from Britain and America examine the gangs of criminals who tore apart English society, while a criminal law of unexampled savagery struggled to maintain stability. Douglas Hay deals with the legal system that maintained the propertied classes, and in another essay shows it in brutal action against poachers; John G. Rule and Cal Winslow tell of smugglers and wreckers, showing how these activities formed a natural part of the life of traditional communities. Together with Peter Linebaugh’s piece on the riots against the surgeons at Tyburn, and E. P. Thompson’s illuminating work on anonymous threatening letters, these essays form a powerful contribution to the study of social tensions at a transformative and vibrant stage in English history. This new edition includes a new introduction by Winslow, Hay and Linebaugh, reflecting on the turning point in the social history of crime that th represents.
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Edition: 2
Book Title: Albion's Fatal Tree : Crime and Society in Eighteenth-Century England
Number of Pages: 400 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Verso Books
Publication Year: 2011
Topic: Social History, General, Europe / General, Europe / Great Britain / Georgian Era (1714-1837)
Item Height: 0.5 in
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: True Crime, History
Item Weight: 14.4 Oz
Author: Douglas Hay, E. P. Thompson, Cal Winslow, John G. Rule, Peter Linebaugh
Item Length: 8.2 in
Item Width: 5.1 in
Format: Trade Paperback
