Devilry, deviance, and public sphere : the social discovery of moral panic in eighteenth century London /: the social discovery of moral panic in eighteenth century London. (2023)
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- Book
- Title:
- Devilry, deviance, and public sphere : the social discovery of moral panic in eighteenth century London /: the social discovery of moral panic in eighteenth century London. (2023)
- Main Title:
- Devilry, deviance, and public sphere : the social discovery of moral panic in eighteenth century London
- Further Information:
- Note: Christopher Hamerton.
- Authors:
- Hamerton, Christopher
- Contents:
- Foreword: Professor Dick Hobbs.- Chapter 1: Introduction: Devilry, Deviance, and Public Sphere: The Social Discovery of Moral Panic in Eighteenth Century London.- Chapter 2: The shaping of opinion: Literacy, media, and folk devils in eighteenth-century London.- Chapter 3: This great and monstrous thing, called London.- Chapter 4: Who has not trembled at the Mohocks name? Panic on the streets, 1712.- Chapter 5: Kill-grief and Comfort: Madame Geneva and the London gin panic, 1720-1751.- Chapter 6: Morality amid monstrosity: The London Monster panic, 1790.- Chapter 7: Conclusion.
- Publisher Details:
- Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan
- Publication Date:
- 2023
- Extent:
- 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
- Subjects:
- 302.170942109033
Moral panics -- England -- London -- History -- 18th century
Deviant behavior -- England -- London -- Public opinion -- History -- 18th century
London (England) -- Moral conditions -- Public opinion -- 18th century - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9783031148835
- Related ISBNs:
- 9783031148828
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- Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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- Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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- Physical Locations:
- British Library HMNTS - ELD.DS.730990
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