LEADER 04336nam 2200421 450 001 9910632473403321 005 20230407011050.0 010 $a9783031148835$b(electronic bk.) 010 $z9783031148828 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7144517 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7144517 035 $a(CKB)25456655100041 035 $a(PPN)266355803 035 $a(EXLCZ)9925456655100041 100 $a20230407d2023 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aDevilry, deviance, and public sphere $ethe social discovery of moral panic in eighteenth century London /$fChristopher Hamerton 210 1$aCham, Switzerland :$cPalgrave Macmillan,$d[2023] 210 4$d©2023 215 $a1 online resource (295 pages) 311 08$aPrint version: Hamerton, Christopher Devilry, Deviance, and Public Sphere Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2022 9783031148828 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntro -- 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 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. 327 $aConcluding 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. 606 $aMoral panics 615 0$aMoral panics. 676 $a302.17 700 $aHamerton$b Christopher$01265751 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 912 $a9910632473403321 996 $aDevilry, Deviance, and Public Sphere$92982328 997 $aUNINA