The London Hanged
Linebaugh, Peter
Verso Books, 2006
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In eighteenth-century London the spectacle of a hanging was not simply a form of punishing transgressors. Rather it evidently served the more sinister purpose - for a privileged ruling class - of forcing the poor population of London to accept the criminalization of customary rights and new forms of private property.
- ISBN-13
- 9781859845769
- ISBN-10
- 1859845762
- Publisher
- Verso Books
- Year
- 2006
- Publication date
- 2006-03-17
- Pages
- 522
- Dimensions
- 199x132x40
- Weight
- 664