Victorians against the gallows : capital punishment and the abolitionist movement in nineteenth-century Britain
Gregory, James (Historian)2020
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Written by an established authority on Victorian history, this book examines in detail the movement against capital punishment in Victorian Britain. The author places the abolitionist movement within the wider Victorian worlds of philanthropy, religious orthodoxy and social morality.
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Author:
Gregory, James (Historian), author
Imprint:
London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2020.
Collation:
384 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 22 cm
Notes:
Originally published: London: I.B. Tauris, 2011.Includes bibliographical references and index.
Audience:
Specialized.
ISBN:
9781350163492 (pbk. :)
Language:
English
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BRN:
1138651
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