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'This Rash Act' - Victor Bailey - Bog

- Suicide Across the Life Cycle in the Victorian City

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What made some 700 men and women in the Yorkshire town of Kingston-upon-Hull in the years 1837 to 1900 take their lives? This book attempts to answer this question and also to study how suicide was understood by victims, families, and friends; how the causes of suicide changed over time; and what coroners' inquests can tell us about Victorian life, beliefs, and values in general.

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  • Sprog:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9780804731232
  • Indbinding:
  • Hardback
  • Sideantal:
  • 372
  • Udgivet:
  • 1. august 1998
  • Størrelse:
  • 152x229x30 mm.
  • Vægt:
  • 640 g.
  • 8-11 hverdage.
  • 6. december 2024
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What made some 700 men and women in the Yorkshire town of Kingston-upon-Hull in the years 1837 to 1900 take their lives? This book attempts to answer this question and also to study how suicide was understood by victims, families, and friends; how the causes of suicide changed over time; and what coroners' inquests can tell us about Victorian life, beliefs, and values in general.

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