Now in paperback, this book considers crime fighting from the perspective of the civilian city-goer, from the mid-Victorian garotting panics to 1914. It charts the shift from the use of body armour to the adoption of exotic martial arts through the works of popular playwrights and novelists, examining changing ideals of urban, middle-class heroism.
| ISBN: | 9780230273450 |
| Publication date: | 3rd December 2010 |
| Author: | Emelyne Godfrey |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan an imprint of Palgrave Macmillan UK |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 201 pages |
| Series: | Crime Files |
| Genres: |
Fiction Gender studies, gender groups Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000 Theatre studies History of Performing Arts Literature: history and criticism |