The sad story of george hall: Adultery, murder and the politics of mercy in mid-Victorian England

Social History

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 174-195

  Wiener, Martin J ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; ETHNOLOGY; GOVERNMENT; HISTORY; HOMICIDE; JURISPRUDENCE; LEGAL ASPECT; POLITICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ENGLAND; EXTRAMARITAL RELATIONS; GOVERNMENT; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HOMICIDE; JUDICIAL ROLE; POLITICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL PROBLEMS; SOCIAL VALUES;

EID: 0043264831     PISSN: 03071022     EISSN: 14701200     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03071029908568061     Document Type: Note

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