Engines of Truth

During the Victorian era, new laws allowed more witnesses to testify in court cases. At the same time, an emerging cultural emphasis on truth-telling drove the development of new ways of inhibiting perjury. Strikingly original and drawing on a broad array of archival research, Wendie Schneider'...

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Main Author: Schneider, Wendie Ellen (auth)
Format: eBook
Published: New Haven Yale University Press 2016
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