The Resource Tales from the German underworld : crime and punishment in the nineteenth century, Richard J. Evans
Tales from the German underworld : crime and punishment in the nineteenth century, Richard J. Evans
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- Summary
- Through the means of four narratives from the nineteenth-century German underworld, this book explores an intriguing array of questions about criminality, punishment and social exclusion in modern German history. Drawing on hitherto unexplored legal documents and police files, Richard J. Evans recounts the epic adventures of an art teacher imprisoned for forging bank notes, then transported to Siberia with a gang of violent Prussian felons in 1802; the tragic sufferings of a drunken female vagrant whipped repeatedly by the authorities in Bremen in the 1820s and 30s for the crime of persistently returning to the city after being expelled; the comical and fantastic personal and political deceptions of a con man arrested in the 1860s for not paying his hotel bill; and the ironic career of a young woman who drifts into prostitution after bearing an illegitimate child and discovers the underworld to be much less cruel and immoral than the 'respectable' society from which she was rejected
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- x, 278 pages
- Contents
-
- 1.
- The Prussian Convicts' Journey to Siberia
- 2.
- 'The Bailiff's Magic Rod'
- 3.
- The Many Identities of Franz Ernst
- 4.
- The Life and Death of a Lost Woman
- Isbn
- 9780300072242
- Label
- Tales from the German underworld : crime and punishment in the nineteenth century
- Title
- Tales from the German underworld
- Title remainder
- crime and punishment in the nineteenth century
- Statement of responsibility
- Richard J. Evans
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Through the means of four narratives from the nineteenth-century German underworld, this book explores an intriguing array of questions about criminality, punishment and social exclusion in modern German history. Drawing on hitherto unexplored legal documents and police files, Richard J. Evans recounts the epic adventures of an art teacher imprisoned for forging bank notes, then transported to Siberia with a gang of violent Prussian felons in 1802; the tragic sufferings of a drunken female vagrant whipped repeatedly by the authorities in Bremen in the 1820s and 30s for the crime of persistently returning to the city after being expelled; the comical and fantastic personal and political deceptions of a con man arrested in the 1860s for not paying his hotel bill; and the ironic career of a young woman who drifts into prostitution after bearing an illegitimate child and discovers the underworld to be much less cruel and immoral than the 'respectable' society from which she was rejected
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Evans, Richard J
- Dewey number
- 364.6/0943/09034
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- HV6974
- LC item number
- .E95 1998
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Crime
- Criminals
- Detective and mystery stories, German
- Label
- Tales from the German underworld : crime and punishment in the nineteenth century, Richard J. Evans
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-269) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- 1.
- The Prussian Convicts' Journey to Siberia
- 2.
- 'The Bailiff's Magic Rod'
- 3.
- The Many Identities of Franz Ernst
- 4.
- The Life and Death of a Lost Woman
- Control code
- 37820127
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- x, 278 pages
- Isbn
- 9780300072242
- Isbn Type
- (cloth)
- Lccn
- 97044612
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- Label
- Tales from the German underworld : crime and punishment in the nineteenth century, Richard J. Evans
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-269) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- 1.
- The Prussian Convicts' Journey to Siberia
- 2.
- 'The Bailiff's Magic Rod'
- 3.
- The Many Identities of Franz Ernst
- 4.
- The Life and Death of a Lost Woman
- Control code
- 37820127
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- x, 278 pages
- Isbn
- 9780300072242
- Isbn Type
- (cloth)
- Lccn
- 97044612
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
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