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‘This Rash Act’

- Suicide Across the Life Cycle in the Victorian City

Om ‘This Rash Act’

What made some 700 men and women in the Yorkshire town of Kingston-upon-Hull in the years 1837 to 1900 take their lives? This book attempts to answer this question and also to study how suicide was understood by victims, families, and friends; how the causes of suicide changed over time; and what coroners' inquests can tell us about Victorian life, beliefs, and values in general.

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  • Språk:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9780804731249
  • Bindende:
  • Paperback
  • Sider:
  • 372
  • Utgitt:
  • 1 september 2000
  • Dimensjoner:
  • 153x227x20 mm.
  • Vekt:
  • 506 g.
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Leveringstid: Ukjent

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What made some 700 men and women in the Yorkshire town of Kingston-upon-Hull in the years 1837 to 1900 take their lives? This book attempts to answer this question and also to study how suicide was understood by victims, families, and friends; how the causes of suicide changed over time; and what coroners' inquests can tell us about Victorian life, beliefs, and values in general.

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