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N/A - Moral Panics, the Media and the Law in Early Modern England - 9780230527324 - V9780230527324
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Moral Panics, the Media and the Law in Early Modern England

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Description for Moral Panics, the Media and the Law in Early Modern England Hardcover. An exploration of links between opinion and governance in Early Modern England, studying moral panics about crime, sex and belief. Hypothesizing that media-driven panics proliferated in the 1700s, with the development of newspapers and government sensibility to opinion, it also considers earlier panics about cross-dressing and witchcraft. Editor(s): Lemmings, David; Walker, Claire. Num Pages: 290 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB; JFFP. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 148 x 21. Weight in Grams: 462.
An exploration of links between opinion and governance in Early Modern England, studying moral panics about crime, sex and belief. Hypothesizing that media-driven panics proliferated in the 1700s, with the development of newspapers and government sensibility to opinion, it also considers earlier panics about cross-dressing and witchcraft.

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Number of Pages
279
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230527324
SKU
V9780230527324
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99-15

About N/A
DONNA ANDREW Professor of History, the University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada ANNA BAYMAN Assistant Editor for the English Historical Review and Faculty of History, University of Oxford, UK MICHAEL DAVIS Lecturer in History, the University of Tasmania, Australia MALCOLM GASKILL Reader in Early Modern History, the University of East Anglia, UK TIM HARRIS Munro-Goodwin-Wilkinson Professor in ... Read more

Reviews for Moral Panics, the Media and the Law in Early Modern England
'This wide-ranging yet thematically cohesive collection succeeds not only in showcasing the talents of some of the leading historians of early modern England, but in raising fascinating questions about the relationship between the law, the press and elite and popular opinion and mentalities.' - English Historical Review 'There is a great deal to admire ... Read more

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