“Quite another Vein of Wickedness”
In early 1720s London highway or street robbery, especially by ‘gangs’, was highly topical; for some decades it had been a cause of much anxiety, and had recently been the target of increasingly harsh legislation. Yet the vast literature that “accompanied and stimulated” that legislation has been...
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Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
2016-09-01
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| Series: | Annali di Ca’ Foscari. Serie Occidentale |
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| Online Access: | http://doi.org/10.14277/2499-1562/AnnOc-50-16-11 |