Contributions

  • Lemmings, David. - Contributor
  • Walker, Claire, 1965- - Contributor

Publication

2010 - Palgrave Macmillan, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

69,750 words, Guess

Page Count

279 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • Better World Books9780230527324
  • Open LibraryOL23919165M

Classifications

  • DDC302/.17
  • LCCHN400.M6 M67 2010
  • LCCDA1-DA995HN8-HN19CB3
and 1 more
  • LCCHN400.M6 M67 2009

Description

"This book explores and exemplifies some of the subtler links between opinion, governance and law in early modern England by investigating moral panics. Modern media-driven 'law and order' panics may have originated in eighteenth-century England, with the development of the press and government sensibility to opinion, but there were earlier panics about witchcraft and popery. Essays by an experienced team of scholars discuss broadly episodes of moral panic before and after 1689, and consider their implications for changes in governance"--Provided by publisher.

Subjects

Topics

HistoryMoral panicsPublic opinionMoral conditionsGreat britain, historyMoral panics -- England -- HistoryEngland -- Moral conditions -- Public opinion

Other Editions

  • Moral panics, the media and the law in early modern EnglandPalgrave Macmillan2010-01-01

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