M. Finn,
M. Lobban,
J. Bourne Taylor,
Kenneth A. Loparo
e.a.
Palgrave Macmillan UK
e druk, 2010
9781349366392
Legitimacy and Illegitimacy in Nineteenth-Century Law, Literature and History
Specificaties
Paperback, blz.
|
Engels
Palgrave Macmillan UK |
e druk, 2010
ISBN13: 9781349366392
Rubricering
Onderdeel van serie
Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture
Levertijd ongeveer 8 werkdagen
Samenvatting
This innovative book draws together literature, law and economic and social history to investigate the meanings and uses of legitimacy in nineteenth-century Britain. This broad range of essays highlights the ways in which contested narratives and interested performances shaped the idea of legitimate authority during this period.
Specificaties
ISBN13:9781349366392
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:paperback
Uitgever:Palgrave Macmillan UK
Inhoudsopgave
Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Introduction: Spurious Issues; J.B.Taylor, M.Finn & M.Lobban The Barlow Bastards: Romance Comes Home from the Empire; M.Finn On Settling and Being Unsettled: Legitimacy and Settlement around 1850; J.McDonagh Unauthorised Identities: the Imposter, the Fake and the Secret History in Nineteenth-Century Britain; R.McWilliam The Fauntleroy Forgeries and the Making of White-Collar Crime; R.McGowen Commercial morality and the common law: or, paying the price of fraud in the later Nineteenth Century; M.Lobban Dirty laundry: Exposing bad behaviour in life insurance trials, 1830-1890; T.Alborn Afterword Bibliography Index