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Author: Ronald Fuller Publisher: ISBN: Category : Begging Languages : en Pages : 278
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"This book traces the growth and decline of those twin brotherhoods of beggars and knaves, which occupied the alarmed attention of Englishmen from the sixteenth century. The author scrutinises the unsavoury details of the lives and customs of these rogues and illustrates by contemporary quotations their various methods of preying on the innocent and unwary. The second part of the book deals with the disappearance of the brotherhood of beggars and the coming of the highway-men, the body-snatchers and the organised gangs of ruffians controlled by Jonathan Wild. The book contains a notable gallery of villains, enlivened here and there with snatches of genial balladry." --Dust jacket.
Author: Ronald Fuller Publisher: ISBN: Category : Begging Languages : en Pages : 278
Book Description
"This book traces the growth and decline of those twin brotherhoods of beggars and knaves, which occupied the alarmed attention of Englishmen from the sixteenth century. The author scrutinises the unsavoury details of the lives and customs of these rogues and illustrates by contemporary quotations their various methods of preying on the innocent and unwary. The second part of the book deals with the disappearance of the brotherhood of beggars and the coming of the highway-men, the body-snatchers and the organised gangs of ruffians controlled by Jonathan Wild. The book contains a notable gallery of villains, enlivened here and there with snatches of genial balladry." --Dust jacket.
Author: Darrell J. Steffensmeier Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield ISBN: 9780847674954 Category : Law Languages : en Pages : 312
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This book is based on the experiences of a dealer in stolen goods (alias 'Sam Goodman'), whose history serves as a model for understanding the role that fences play in today's society. Steffensmeier provides a detailed analysis of how a fence develops relationships with thieves, customers, and other fences, how prices are set and negotiated, the profits derived, and the skills required for the job, and the meaning and rewards of fencing. Steffensmeier relates the potential consequences: the events surrounding Sam's eventual arrest and conviction for receiving stolen property. Sociologists, criminologists, law enforcement officers, and public policy makers will find this an book enlightening and engaging portrayal of the criminal career.
Author: F. Kefa Sempangi Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers ISBN: 1556355610 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 125
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She was dirty and dusty. Her curly hair had seen neither a comb nor water for months. In one hand she carried a package of cigarettes and in the other a solvent rag. Young Namusisi had no home, no family, no money for school fees, and no one to love her or care for her. She survived in the culture of the buyaye on the streets, parking lots, and porches of the city of Kampala, Uganda. But one day she met Daddy Kefa and her life was changed. He took her to his children's home where she was provided for and was shown the love of Christ. Namusisi was just one of more than six thousand Ugandan street children who were rescued from a meaningless and hopeless life by the efforts of a compassionate, selfless, and godly man. From the Dust contains the poignant stories of many of those destitute children--stories of how they came to live on the streets and of how their lives were changed. Here are stories of a people ravaged by a demonic dictator, a people who had lost all sense of humanity and were struggling under emotional, physical, and spiritual poverty. From the Dust tells how the efforts of one man made a difference to so many who were groping in a dark world of sin and hopelessness. It is the story of the love of God to the lost and dying, and of how that love made a difference to so many Africans and can still make a difference to those who will trust in him. He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory (1 SamÊ2:8).
Author: David G. Allen Publisher: University of Delaware Press ISBN: 9780874134353 Category : Literary Collections Languages : en Pages : 306
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Nineteen scholars offer readings that address the continuity or discontinuity between the literature of the Renaissance and Middle Ages. Essays by Arthur F. Kinney, R. A. Shoaf, and O. B. Hardison focus on broader trends while shorter essays approach the periods by addressing particular themes in their literature or thought.
Author: Bernard Lewis Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1439190003 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 373
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Renowned historian Bernard Lewis charts the history of the Middle East over the last 2,000 years—from the birth of Christianity through the modern era, focusing on the successive transformations that have shaped it. Drawing on material from a multitude of sources, including the work of archaeologists and scholars, Lewis chronologically traces the political, economical, social, and cultural development of the Middle East, from Hellenization in antiquity to the impact of westernization on Islamic culture. Meticulously researched, this enlightening narrative explores the patterns of history that have repeated themselves in the Middle East. From the ancient conflicts to the current geographical and religious disputes between the Arabs and the Israelis, Lewis examines the ability of this region to unite and solve its problems and asks if, in the future, these unresolved conflicts will ultimately lead to the ethnic and cultural factionalism that tore apart the former Yugoslavia. Elegantly written, scholarly yet accessible, this is the most comprehensive single volume history of the region ever written from the world’s foremost authority on the Middle East.
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