Vice, crime and poverty: how the Western imagination invented the underworld

In the den of horror -- Courts of miracles -- "Dangerous classes" -- Empire of lists -- The disguised prince -- The grand dukes' tour -- Poetic flight -- Ebbing of an imaginary -- Slow eclipse of the underworld -- Persistent shadows -- Roots of fascination.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kalifa, Dominique 1957-2020 (Author)
Contributors: Emanuel, Susan 1950- (Translator) ; Maza, Sarah C. 1953- (Writer of preface)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York Columbia University Press [2019]
In:Year: 2019
Online Access: Table of Contents
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Keywords:
Urban poor > History
Marginality, Social
Marginality, Social, in literature
Criminals > History
Criminals in literature
Inner cities > History
Crime > History
Inner cities in literature
Social representations
Deviant behavior in literature
Literatur > Unterschicht > Motiv > Unterwelt > Motiv > Kriminalität > Motiv > Geschichte 1800-2000