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City of Dreadful Delight
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Judith R. Walkowitz |
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From tabloid exposes of child prostitution to the grisly tales of Jack the Ripper, narratives of sexual danger pulsated through Victorian London. Expertly blending social hist… |
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Sin and society in the seventeenth century
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John Addy |
This study, first published in 1989, examines the social relationships and moral standards within the diocese of Chester throughout the seventeenth century. Using Church Court records as his main bod… |
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Not with a bang but a whimper
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Theodore Dalrymple |
"In Not with a Bang But a Whimper, he takes rite measure of out cultural decline, noting that our current age seems exceptional in the peculiarity of its unease: "Never in human history have people l… |
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