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Author:

Rogers, Nicholas.

Title:

Mayhem : post-war crime and violence in Britain, 1748-53 / Nicholas Rogers.

Publisher:

Yale University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2012

Description:

xi, 258 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Great Britain--History--George II, 1727-1760.
Great Britain--Social conditions--18th century.
Violence--England--History--18th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

The trials of Admiral Knowles -- The sailors' return -- The sailors' revenge -- Fire from heaven: the London earthquakes of 1750 -- Riots, revels, and reprisals -- Tackling the gin craze -- Henry Fielding and social reform -- From Havana to Halifax.

Series:

The Lewis Walpole series in eighteenth-century culture and history

ISBN:

0300169620 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780300169621 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)785864938

LCCN:

2012019519

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)