'Civic' police and the condition of liberty: The rationality of governance of eithteenth-century England

Social History

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 199-216

  Dodsworth, Francis M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 3042604692     PISSN: 03071022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0307102042000207859     Document Type: Article

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