| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 258 pages) : illustrations. |
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| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Series |
The Lewis Walpole series in eighteenth-century culture and history
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Lewis Walpole series in eighteenth-century culture and history.
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| Bibliography |
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. |
| Summary |
Through interlocking stories of duels, highway robberies smuggling, riots, binge drinking and earthquakes, Rogers captures the anxieties of a half-decade and assesses the social reforms contemporaries framed and imagined to deal with the crisis. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Great Britain -- History -- George II, 1727-1760.
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Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 18th century.
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Great Britain. |
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Social conditions. |
| Chronological Term |
18th century |
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Violence -- England -- History -- 18th century.
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History. |
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Violence. |
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TRUE CRIME -- General. |
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England. |
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Great Britain. |
| Chronological Term |
1700-1799 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Rogers, Nicholas. Mayhem. New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2012 9780300169621 (DLC) 2012019519 (OCoLC)785864938 |
| ISBN |
9780300189063 (electronic book) |
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0300189060 (electronic book) |
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9780300169621 |
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0300169620 |
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9781283906500 |
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1283906503 |
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