Tales from the German Underworld

Tales from the German Underworld
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Publisher : Yale University Press
Total Pages : 308
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ISBN-10 : 0300072244
ISBN-13 : 9780300072242
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Book Synopsis Tales from the German Underworld by : Richard J. Evans

Download or read book Tales from the German Underworld written by Richard J. Evans and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1998-01-01 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through the means of four powerful and extraordinary narratives from the 19th-century German underworld, this book deftly explores an intriguing array of questions about criminality, punishment, and social exclusion in modern German history. Drawing on legal documents and police files, historian Richard Evans dramatizes the case histories of four alleged felons to shed light on German penal policy of the time. 25 illustrations.


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