Now in paperback, this book considers crime fighting from the perspective of the civilian city-goer, from the mid-Victorian garotting panics to 1914. It charts the shift from the use of body armour to the adoption of exotic martial arts through the works of popular playwrights and novelists, examining changing ideals of urban, middle-class heroism....
Series: Crime Files
Hardcover: 201 pages
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan; 2011 edition (December 3, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0230273459
ISBN-13: 978-0230273450
Product Dimensions: 6 x 1 x 9 inches
Amazon Rank: 6238508
Format: PDF ePub djvu book
reviews: This work edges towards the scholarly in tone, but fans of 19th century fiction, Sherlock Holmes, the martial arts, or sociological aspects of crime will enjoy it. I'm a martial arts teacher with a degree in English and an interest in history, so it...
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