Harnessing the Power of the Criminal Corpse
This open access book is the culmination of many years of research on what happened to the bodies of executed criminals in the past. Focusing on the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, it looks at the consequences of the 1752 Murder Act. These criminal bodies had a crucial role in the history of me...
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| Language: | English |
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Springer Nature
2018
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| Series: | Palgrave Historical Studies in the Criminal Corpse and its Afterlife
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| Online Access: | Open Access: DOAB: description of the publication Open Access: DOAB, download the publication |
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