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The Liverpool Underworld. Crime in the City, 1750-1900.
Michael Macilwee
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Description for The Liverpool Underworld. Crime in the City, 1750-1900.
Hardcover. A survey of the social and economic conditions and events that gave Liverpool a reputation for being the most crime-ridden place in the country in the nineteenth century. Num Pages: 354 pages, 10 black & white plates, 4 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1DBKENL; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 241 x 29. Weight in Grams: 730.
In the nineteenth century Liverpool gained an unenviable reputation as the most crime-ridden place in the country. Dock theft, alcohol-related crime, prostitution, sectarian violence, a high level of female offending and armies of juvenile thieves made Liverpool a distinct criminal landscape, ‘the black spot on the Mersey’. Using contemporary newspapers and journals (both local and national), autobiographies and first-hand accounts gleaned from parliamentary and prison reports, Michael Macilwee explores the social background, conditions and events that helped create and sustain the variety and high level of criminality in Liverpool. The book provides accounts, statistics and analysis of criminal practices ranging ... Read more
In the nineteenth century Liverpool gained an unenviable reputation as the most crime-ridden place in the country. Dock theft, alcohol-related crime, prostitution, sectarian violence, a high level of female offending and armies of juvenile thieves made Liverpool a distinct criminal landscape, ‘the black spot on the Mersey’. Using contemporary newspapers and journals (both local and national), autobiographies and first-hand accounts gleaned from parliamentary and prison reports, Michael Macilwee explores the social background, conditions and events that helped create and sustain the variety and high level of criminality in Liverpool. The book provides accounts, statistics and analysis of criminal practices ranging ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
354
Condition
New
Number of Pages
354
Place of Publication
Liverpool, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781846316999
SKU
V9781846316999
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
About Michael Macilwee
Dr Michael Macilwee is Information Officer at Liverpool John Moores University and best-selling author of 'The Gangs of Liverpool' (Milo Press).
Reviews for The Liverpool Underworld. Crime in the City, 1750-1900.
A well-written and fascinating book on the history of crime in Liverpool. This is a fascinating read, and well researched from archival and secondary sources. Whatever the current concerns about modern violence, it was assuredly much worse back then. Summing Up: Highly recommended.
All levels/libraries.
Choice, v.49, no.11, p.2136
A rattling good read. Clive Emsley, ... Read more
All levels/libraries.
Choice, v.49, no.11, p.2136
A rattling good read. Clive Emsley, ... Read more