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Canting Crew, The - London's Criminal Underworld, 1550-1700

By: Rutgers University Press

Type: Hardcover

Product Line: Historical & Reference Books (Rutgers University Press)

Last Stocked on 7/17/2014

Product Info

Title
Canting Crew, The - London's Criminal Underworld, 1550-1700
Category
Author
John McMullan
Publish Year
1984
Pages
226
Dimensions
6x9x.8"
NKG Part #
2147386655
MFG. Part #
0-8135-1022-8
Type
Hardcover

Description

John McMullan reconstructs the criminal underworld in Elizabethan and Stuart London. An Underworld of thieves, pickpockets, confidence cheats, prostitutes and fences. Using historical sources, literary materials and crime life histories, McMullan analyzes the organizational features of crime. He dwells, in particular, on its distinct language, social institutions, divisions of labor and territory.