02454nam 2200553 450 991078916780332120200520144314.00-7083-2557-2(CKB)3710000000077008(EBL)1650120(SSID)ssj0001167850(PQKBManifestationID)11960120(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001167850(PQKBWorkID)11130578(PQKB)11614805(Au-PeEL)EBL1889138(CaPaEBR)ebr10818320(CaONFJC)MIL580753(OCoLC)874906347(MiAaPQ)EBC1889138(EXLCZ)99371000000007700820151125h20122012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSecret sins sex, violence and society in Carmarthenshire, 1870-1920 /Russell Davies2nd ed.Cardiff, [Wales] :University of Wales Press,2012.©20121 online resource (341 p.)Includes index.0-7083-2556-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 CoverSleepy 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.WalesCivilizationWalesSocial life and customsCarmarthenshire (Wales)Social conditions306.09Davies Russell1533076MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910789167803321Secret sins3779705UNINA