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In the popular imagination, informed as it is by Hogarth, Swift, Defoe and Fielding, the eighteenth-century underworld is a place of bawdy knockabout, rife with colourful eccentrics. But the artistic portrayals we have only hint at the dark reality. In this new edition of a classic collection of essays, renowned social historians from Britain and America examine the gangs of criminals who tore apart English society, while a criminal law of unexampled savagery struggled to maintain stability. Douglas Hay deals with the legal system that maintained the propertied classes, and in another essay shows it in brutal action against poachers; John G. Rule and Cal Winslow tell of smugglers and wreckers, showing how these activities formed a natural part of the life of traditional communities. Together with Peter Linebaugh’s piece on the riots against the surgeons at Tyburn, and E. P. Thompson’s illuminating work on anonymous threatening letters, these essays form a powerful contribution to the study of social tensions at a transformative and vibrant stage in English history. This new edition includes a new introduction by Winslow, Hay and Linebaugh, reflecting on the turning point in the social history of crime that the book represents.
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DOUGLAS HAY is Professor in Law and History at York University. His most recent book is Criminal Cases on the Crown Side of Kings Bench 1740-1800. PETER LINEBAUGH is a Professor of History at the University of Toledo. His books include The London Hanged. JOHN G. RULE was Professor of History at the University of Southampton until his retirement and is the author of Albions People. E. P. THOMPSO N was an English historian whose many books include The Making of the English Working Class. CAL WINSLOW is a Fellow in Environmental Politics at UC Berkeley and Director of the Mendocino Institute and co-editor of Rebel Rank and File.
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