Free shipping on orders over 19,990 Ft via Packeta, Fox Post Box, and DPD Collection Point

Check order status

Become part of a community of book lovers from all over the world and get access to a whole bunch of benefits. Create an account for free

Free delivery for purchases over 19 990 Ft

DPD point 990 Ft DPD courier 1 190 Ft GLS point 1 190 Ft Hungarian Post 1 795 Ft Hungarian Post 1 690 Ft Hungarian Post 1 690 Ft FoxPost 1 190 Ft Packeta point 1 190 Ft GLS courier 1 690 Ft

Contact

How to shop

Help

My account

▸ Empty :-(

Free shipping on orders over 19,990 Ft via Packeta, Fox Post Box, and DPD Collection Point

'This Rash Act'

Suicide Across the Life Cycle in the Victorian City

Victor Bailey

Language

English

Book Paperback

Libristo code: 04444384

Publishers Stanford University Press, September 2000

What made some 700 men and women in the Yorkshire town of Kingston-upon-Hull, in the years 1837 to 1... Full description

Libristo code: 04444384

75 b

10 958 Ft

In stock at our supplier Shipping in 14-21 days

Up to 30 days for returns

Customers also purchased

Recherches Sur Les Rails Et Leurs Supports: Extrait Des Ouvrages Anglais de P. Barlow Et N. Wood Locard-E

Paperback

14 083 Ft

Aus der Starnberger Politik von Dr. Thosch Thorsten Schuler

Paperback

6 259 Ft

Nómada del tiempo: Homenaje a Gregorio Morales

Paperback

5 735 Ft

Bloc evaluacion 50h

Book

1 431 Ft

Aprende con la Biblia : números, animales, colores y conceptos especiales Jolanda Dijkmaijer

Paperback

5 661 Ft

WiMAX Evgenij Mandau

Paperback

17 659 Ft

Count down - Was uns immer unfruchtbarer macht Stacey Colino

Paperback

7 617 Ft

BEbE Ali - Mon premier imagier Montessori de l'Islam BEBE ALI

Paperback

5 679 Ft

What made some 700 men and women in the Yorkshire town of Kingston-upon-Hull, in the years 1837 to 1900, decide to suffer no longer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune and take their own lives? In this study, the author seeks to uncover the experiences that drove people to suicide; to analyze how suicide was understood by victims, by their families and friends, and by legal and medical authorities; to study how the presumed causes of suicide and the meanings of suicide changed over time and in response to changed social circumstances; and to see what suicide narratives elicited by coroners inquests can tell us about Victorian life, beliefs, and values in general. The book is based on an unprecedentedly complete and comprehensive collection of inquest files covering the entire Victorian era in Hull (most coroners files have not survived or exist only in fragmentary form). Hitherto, suicide in the Victorian period has been examined only on a national basis; where local evidence has been used, it has come chiefly from London. Through the testimony of relatives, neighbors, friends, and even the deceased (by means of suicide notes), the author has been able to get closer to the experience of suicide and its social construction than has been possible in any previous study.