Harnessing the Power of the Criminal Corpse /

This open access book is the culmination of many years of research on what happened to the bodies of executed criminals in the past. Focusing on the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, it looks at the consequences of the 1752 Murder Act. These criminal bodies had a crucial role in the history of me...

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Main Authors:	Tarlow, Sarah (Author), Battell Lowman, Emma (Author)
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
Series:	Palgrave historical studies in the criminal corpse and its afterlife.
Subjects:	History. Crime and Society. Historical Sociology. History of Britain and Ireland. History of Science. Social History. Crime > Sociological aspects. Historical sociology. Social history. Great Britain > History. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book