Crime Files: Duelling with Danger

Godfrey, E.

Now in paperback, this book considers crime fighting from the perspective of the civilian city-goer, from the mid-Victorian garotting panics to 1914. It charts the shift from the use of body armour to the adoption of exotic martial arts through the works of popular playwrights and novelists, examining changing ideals of urban, middle-class heroism.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2010-12-03

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780230273450

DOI: 10.1057/9780230294998

Dimensions: 229cm x152cm

Pages: 201