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 Sherman Library  HV6950.E3 S95 2006    AVAILABLE  
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Author Symonds, Deborah A., 1951-
Title Notorious murders, black lanterns, & moveable goods : the transformation of Edinburgh's underworld in the early nineteenth century / Deborah A. Symonds.
Edition First edition.
OCLC 57669993
ISBN 1931968276 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN/ISSN 9781931968270
Publisher Akron, Ohio : University of Akron Press, 2006.
Description xiv, 180 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
LC Subject heading/s Crime -- Economic aspects -- Scotland -- Edinburgh -- History -- 19th century.
Murder -- Scotland -- Edinburgh -- History -- 19th century.
Theft -- Scotland -- Edinburgh -- History -- 19th century.
Informal sector (Economics) -- Scotland -- Edinburgh -- History -- 19th century.
Edinburgh (Scotland) -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
Edinburgh (Scotland) -- Economic conditions -- 19th century.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 166-174) and index.
Contents Introduction -- The notorious murders in the west port in 1828 -- Common thievery in the old town in 1828 -- The spectacular "Burke mania" trial -- The criminal household -- The transformation of the shadow economy.
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