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UNINA9910809303603321 |
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Autore |
Davies Russell |
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Titolo |
Secret sins : sex, violence and society in Carmarthenshire, 1870-1920 / / Russell Davies |
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Cardiff, [Wales] : , : University of Wales Press, , 2012 |
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©2012 |
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Edizione |
[2nd ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (341 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Wales Civilization |
Wales Social life and customs |
Carmarthenshire (Wales) Social conditions |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front Cover; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Preface; Introduction: Private Lives, Public Witnesses: The Individual and Society in Carmarthenshire; A Sense of Place; A Psychic Crisis? The Social Contextof Mental Illness and Suicide; 'Secret Sins': Crime and Protest; Sexuality and Tension; Spiritual Skeletons: Religion, Superstitionand Popular Culture; Conclusion: Carmarthenshire and Welsh Society; Notes; Index; Back Cover |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Sleepy rustic Carmarthenshire was secretly a hotbed of debauchery, violence and drunkenness according to Russell Davies in a new edition of his very successful book, 'Secret Sins'. Behind the facade of idyllic rural life, there was a twilight world of mental illness, suicide, crime, vicious assaults, infanticide, cruelty and other assorted acts of depravity. This almost anecdotal historical study is often funny, sometimes disturbing, always revealing. |
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