The London Hanged: Crime and Civil Society in the Eighteenth Century
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📊Data-driven socio-economic analysis
📚Groundbreaking Marxist historiography
📜Extensive 18th-century historical sources
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📖 Dive deep into history’s shadowy hangings and unlock capitalism’s hidden story!
- CONTEMPORARY RELEVANCE - Understand the historical parallels to today’s global capitalism and its social consequences.
- CRITICAL MARXIST PERSPECTIVE - Gain insights from one of the foremost Marxist historians on crime, capital, and civil society.
- RICH MULTI SOURCE NARRATIVE - Dive into a masterful blend of anecdotes, statistics, and political pamphlets for a vivid historical experience.
- COLLECTORS EDITION QUALITY - Used book in good condition—perfect for serious readers and history aficionados looking to own a piece of intellectual history.
- UNCOVER THE ROOTS OF CAPITALISM - Explore how 18th-century London’s hangings enforced new property laws and shaped modern economic systems.
Peter Linebaugh’s 'The London Hanged' is a seminal historical work that reveals how 18th-century public executions in London were tools of social control, criminalizing the poor to enforce emerging capitalist property laws. Combining rich archival research with a Marxist lens, this edition updates the original with responses to critics, making it essential reading for understanding the socio-economic forces that shaped modern civil society.
Specifications
| Customer reviews | 4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars (19) |
| Dimensions | 13.18 x 3.35 x 20.32 cm |
| Edition | 2nd ed. |
| ISBN-10 | 1859845762 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1859845769 |
| Item weight | 567 g |
| Language | English |
| Print length | 522 pages |
| Publication date | 17 March 2006 |
| Publisher | Verso Books |
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