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Men of Blood: Violence, Manliness, and Criminal Justice in Victorian England
Men of Blood Violence Manliness and Criminal Justice in Victorian England
Author: Martin J. Wiener
This book examines the treatment of violence by men against women in nineteenth-century England. Criminal law came to punish violence more systematically and severely during Victoria's reign because it was promoting a new, more pacific ideal of manliness. Yet, this apparently progressive legal development triggered strong resistance, not only fr...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780521684163
ISBN-10: 0521684161
Publication Date: 4/3/2006
Pages: 312
Edition: 1
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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