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Autore |
Hamerton Christopher |
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Devilry, deviance, and public sphere : the social discovery of moral panic in eighteenth century London / / Christopher Hamerton |
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Cham, Switzerland : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [2023] |
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©2023 |
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9783031148835 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (295 pages) |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Intro -- Foreword -- References -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- Commencing the Procession -- Finding Folk Devils and Moral Panics in Eighteenth-Century London -- The Structure and Scope of This Book -- References -- 2 Crime History, Historical Criminology, and Moral Panic Theory -- The Emergence of the New Left and Social History from Below -- Coming of Age: Albion's Fatal Tree -- Historicising Folk Devils and Moral Panics -- London as Host of the Burgeoning Public Sphere -- The Appliance of Social Science -- Cohen, Goode and Ben-Yehuda, and the Socio-Historical Locus of Moral Panic Theory -- References -- 3 The Shaping of Opinion: Literacy, Media, and Folk Devils in Eighteenth-Century London -- Eighteenth-Century London as Public Sphere -- Literacy, Oral Culture, Idea Transmission -- The Significance of Imagery to Consensus of Morality -- From Popular Press to Watchman Press -- Unearthing the Origins of Folk Devils: Beyond the Newgate Calendar -- Concluding Thoughts -- References -- 4 The Crucible of the Young Metropolis -- Living Cheek by Jowl: Stratification, Diversity, and Built Environment in the City -- Hub of Commerce, Temptation, and Strain -- Mobile vulgaris: The Noise of Thousands of Tongues and Feet -- The Morality of the Mob: Consensus and Symbolism in the Beggar's Opera -- The Contradiction of Social Control Within the Infancy of Criminal Justice -- Concluding Thoughts -- References -- 5 Who |
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Has Not Trembled at the Mohocks Name? Panic on the Streets, 1712 -- Rake Culture and Gang Violence -- Discovery: A Small Nation of Savages -- Prediction: Press Consolidation and Calls for Order -- Consensus and Disproportionality by Royal Proclamation -- Political Capitalism and the Guardians of Order -- Perspective: Defoe, Gay, and Tragi-Comical Farce -- Dénouement and Symbolisation. |
Concluding Thoughts on This Episode -- References -- 6 Kill-Grief and Comfort: Madam Geneva and the London Gin Panic, 1720-1751 -- No Devil in the Native Drink -- Innovation and Discovery: The Seductive Madam Geneva -- Always Roving: The Revenue Imperative and the Human Cost -- The Trial of the Spirits: Legislative Window Dressing -- The Premature Death of Madam Geneva -- The Lesser of Two Evils: Crime, Consensus, and Moral Regulation -- Concluding Thoughts on This Episode -- References -- 7 Morality Amid Monstrosity: The London Monster Panic, 1790 -- Sex, the Metropolis, and the Monstrosity of Deviance -- Folk Devils and Sexual Monsters -- Discovery: 'Oh ho! Is That You!' -- The Pursuit of Decency: Consensus, Panic, and the Press -- Moral Entrepreneurship and the Focussing of Hostility -- Hysteria, Ridicule, and Iconography -- Capture, Censure, and the Machinations of Trial by Media -- Concluding Thoughts on This Episode -- References -- 8 Conclusion -- References -- Bibliography -- Index. |
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