Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 790
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Accounts and Papers of the House of Commons
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 790
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 790
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Parliamentary Papers
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
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Category : Bills, Legislative
Languages : en
Pages : 478
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Publisher:
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Category : Bills, Legislative
Languages : en
Pages : 478
Book Description
General Index to the Reports of Select Committees
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 454
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Publisher:
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 454
Book Description
Report from the Select Committee on the Kafir Tribes
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee on the Kafir Tribes
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 650
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Publisher:
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 650
Book Description
Report from the Select Committee on Bank Acts: Together with the Proceedings of the Committee, Minutes of Evidence, Appendix and Index ...
Report
Author: Commonwealth Shipping Committee
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Category : Shipping
Languages : en
Pages : 746
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Publisher:
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Category : Shipping
Languages : en
Pages : 746
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Report from the Select Committee on Commercial Relations with China
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee on Commercial Relations with China
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Category : China
Languages : en
Pages : 632
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Publisher:
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Category : China
Languages : en
Pages : 632
Book Description
Index to the Reports from Select Committees of the House of Commons: 1800-1845
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
Publisher:
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 468
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
Tables and Indexes
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 318
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
Victorians Against the Gallows
Author: James Gregory
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 0857721062
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
By the time that Queen Victoria ascended the throne in 1837, the list of crimes liable to attract the death penalty had effectively been reduced to murder. Yet, despite this, the gallows remained a source of controversy in Victorian Britain and there was a growing unease in liberal quarters surrounding the question of capital punishment. Unease was expressed in various forms, including efforts at outright abolition. Focusing in part on the activities of the Society for the Abolition of Capital Punishment, James Gregory here examines abolitionist strategies, leaders and personnel. He locates the 'gallows question' in an imperial context and explores the ways in which debates about the gallows and abolition featured in literature, from poetry to 'novels of purpose' and popular romances of the underworld. He places the abolitionist movement within the wider Victorian worlds of philanthropy, religious orthodoxy and social morality in a study which will be essential reading for students and researchers of Victorian history.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 0857721062
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
By the time that Queen Victoria ascended the throne in 1837, the list of crimes liable to attract the death penalty had effectively been reduced to murder. Yet, despite this, the gallows remained a source of controversy in Victorian Britain and there was a growing unease in liberal quarters surrounding the question of capital punishment. Unease was expressed in various forms, including efforts at outright abolition. Focusing in part on the activities of the Society for the Abolition of Capital Punishment, James Gregory here examines abolitionist strategies, leaders and personnel. He locates the 'gallows question' in an imperial context and explores the ways in which debates about the gallows and abolition featured in literature, from poetry to 'novels of purpose' and popular romances of the underworld. He places the abolitionist movement within the wider Victorian worlds of philanthropy, religious orthodoxy and social morality in a study which will be essential reading for students and researchers of Victorian history.