Drunks, Whores and Idle Apprentices (e-bog) af Rawlings, Philip
Rawlings, Philip (forfatter)

Drunks, Whores and Idle Apprentices e-bog

403,64 DKK (inkl. moms 504,55 DKK)
Criminal biographies enjoyed enormous popularity in the Eighteenth Century: today they offer us some fascinating perspectives on the period. Drunks, Whores and Idle Apprentices is the first book to reproduce a number of these biographies in full.Not only do these biographies make fascinating reading, they also raise the problem of how to read them as historical documents. The author argues that...
E-bog 403,64 DKK
Forfattere Rawlings, Philip (forfatter)
Forlag Routledge
Udgivet 24 oktober 2005
Længde 218 sider
Genrer 1DBKE
Sprog English
Format epub
Beskyttelse LCP
ISBN 9781134942510
Criminal biographies enjoyed enormous popularity in the Eighteenth Century: today they offer us some fascinating perspectives on the period. Drunks, Whores and Idle Apprentices is the first book to reproduce a number of these biographies in full.Not only do these biographies make fascinating reading, they also raise the problem of how to read them as historical documents. The author argues that instead of trying to uncover simple themes, the most revealing thing about them is the tensions around which they were constructed.