Cultures of Shame: Exploring Crime and Morality in Britain 1600-1900 by Anne-Marie Kilday, David Nash

Cultures of Shame: Exploring Crime and Morality in Britain 1600-1900

Anne-Marie Kilday, David Nash

264 pages first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction crime informative reflective slow-paced
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The first systematic study of the concept of shame from 1600-1900, showing good and bad behaviour, morality and perceptions of crime in British society at large. Single episodes in the history of shame are contextualized by discussing the historio...

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