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Autore |
Begg Paul |
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Titolo |
Jack the Ripper : the definitive history / / Paul Begg |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013 |
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ISBN |
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1-4298-2530-8 |
1-317-86632-0 |
1-315-83492-8 |
1-317-86633-9 |
1-281-38468-2 |
9786611384685 |
1-4082-1162-9 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (399 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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Serial murders - England - London - History - 19th century |
Whitechapel (London, England) History |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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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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This revised edition first published 2005 by Pearson Education Limited. |
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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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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Acknowledgements; Table of Contents; Introduction; Chapter One. The East End; Chapter Two. Emma Elizabeth Smith; Chapter Three. The Bitter Cry; Chapter Four. Martha Tabram; Chapter Five. Flounder And Fumble, and 'Catch Whom You Can! '; Chapter Six. Mary Ann Nichols; Chapter Seven. The Maiden Tribute; Chapter Eight. 'At the Crater of a Volcano'; Chapter Nine. Annie Chapman; Chapter Ten. The Double Event - Elizabeth Stride; Chapter Eleven. Catharine Eddowes; Chapter Twelve. Dear Boss; Chapter Thirteen. Mary Jane Kelly |
Chapter Fourteen. The Great Victorian Mystery: who Was Jack the Ripper?Chapter Fifteen. Other Ripper Suspects; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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'The clearest, most accurate, and most up-to-date account of the Ripper murders, by one of Britain's greatest and most respected experts on the ""autumn of terror"" in Victorian London.' William D. Rubenstein, Professor of Modern History, University of Wales, |
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AberystwythEngland in the 1880s was a society in transition, shedding the skin of Victorianism and moving towards a more modern age. Promiscuity, moral decline, prostitution, unemployment, poverty, police inefficiency... all these things combined to create a feeling of uncertainty and fear.The East End of Lo |
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