Title Jack the Ripper and the London press / L. Perry Curtis, Jr.

Publication Info.	New Haven : Yale University Press, [2001]
	©2001

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Description	1 online resource (viii, 354 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	The Whitechapel murders: a chronicle -- Images and realities of the East End -- The theory and practice of Victorian journalism -- Sensation news -- Victorian murder news -- The first two murders -- The double event -- The pursuit of angles -- The Kelly reportage -- The inquests: reporting the female body -- Responses to Ripper news: letters to the editor -- The cultural politics of Ripper news.
Summary	This book tells the story of Fleet Street's construction of the Ripper murders, in the process revealing much about the social political and sexual anxieties of late Victorian Britain and the role of journalists in reinforcing social standards.
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Subject	Jack, the Ripper.
	Jack, the Ripper.
	Jack, the Ripper.
	Serial murders -- Press coverage -- England -- London.
	Serial murders.
	Press coverage.
	England.
	England -- London.
	Serial murderers -- Press coverage -- England -- London.
	Serial murderers.
	Serial murders -- England -- London -- History -- 19th century.
	History.
Chronological Term	19th century
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: Curtis, L. Perry (Lewis Perry), 1932- Jack the Ripper and the London press. New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2001 0300088728 9780300088724 (DLC) 2001002530 (OCoLC)46866202
ISBN	9780300133691 (electronic book)
	0300133693 (electronic book)
	1281722863
	9781281722867
	0300088728
	9780300088724

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