Author: William Stokes
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Category : Capital punishment
Languages : en
Pages : 88
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'Thou shalt not kill', an argument and a remonstrance
Author: William Stokes
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Category : Capital punishment
Languages : en
Pages : 88
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Category : Capital punishment
Languages : en
Pages : 88
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The Olive-branch, Or, Poems on Peace, Liberty, Friendship, &c
Author: William Stokes
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Category : Peace in literature
Languages : en
Pages : 128
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Category : Peace in literature
Languages : en
Pages : 128
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Victorians Against the Gallows
Author: James Gregory
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 0857721062
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
By the time that Queen Victoria ascended the throne in 1837, the list of crimes liable to attract the death penalty had effectively been reduced to murder. Yet, despite this, the gallows remained a source of controversy in Victorian Britain and there was a growing unease in liberal quarters surrounding the question of capital punishment. Unease was expressed in various forms, including efforts at outright abolition. Focusing in part on the activities of the Society for the Abolition of Capital Punishment, James Gregory here examines abolitionist strategies, leaders and personnel. He locates the 'gallows question' in an imperial context and explores the ways in which debates about the gallows and abolition featured in literature, from poetry to 'novels of purpose' and popular romances of the underworld. He places the abolitionist movement within the wider Victorian worlds of philanthropy, religious orthodoxy and social morality in a study which will be essential reading for students and researchers of Victorian history.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 0857721062
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
By the time that Queen Victoria ascended the throne in 1837, the list of crimes liable to attract the death penalty had effectively been reduced to murder. Yet, despite this, the gallows remained a source of controversy in Victorian Britain and there was a growing unease in liberal quarters surrounding the question of capital punishment. Unease was expressed in various forms, including efforts at outright abolition. Focusing in part on the activities of the Society for the Abolition of Capital Punishment, James Gregory here examines abolitionist strategies, leaders and personnel. He locates the 'gallows question' in an imperial context and explores the ways in which debates about the gallows and abolition featured in literature, from poetry to 'novels of purpose' and popular romances of the underworld. He places the abolitionist movement within the wider Victorian worlds of philanthropy, religious orthodoxy and social morality in a study which will be essential reading for students and researchers of Victorian history.
Nineteenth Century Short-title Catalogue: phase 1. 1816-1870
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Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 778
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Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 778
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Humbugs of New-York
Author: David Meredith Reese
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Category : Animal magnetism
Languages : en
Pages : 282
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Category : Animal magnetism
Languages : en
Pages : 282
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Humbugs of New-York. Being a Remonstrance Against Popular Delusion. Whether in Science, Philosophy, or Religion
Author: David Meredith Reese
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385572533
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1838.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385572533
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1838.
Publishers' circular and booksellers' record
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Languages : en
Pages : 480
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 480
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The Publishers' Circular and General Record of British and Foreign Literature
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 486
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 486
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A Bibliography of Nineteenth Century Legal Literature
Author: J. N. Adams
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Category : Catalogs, Union
Languages : en
Pages : 1270
Book Description
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Category : Catalogs, Union
Languages : en
Pages : 1270
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Nineteenth Century Short Title Catalogue
Author: Avero Publications Limited
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ISBN: 9780907977575
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 614
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Publisher:
ISBN: 9780907977575
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 614
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