Vice and the Victorians / Mike Huggins.

Author/creator Huggins, Mike author.
Format Book
PublicationLondon, UK ; New York, NY, USA : Bloomsbury Academic, 2016.
Descriptionxiii, 257 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects
Vice control--Great Britain. --History. --19th century.
Alcoholism--Great Britain. --History.
Great Britain--Social life and customs. --19th century.
Great Britain--History. --Victoria, 1837-1901.

Contents Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- The language of vice -- The spatial dimension of vice -- The vice of drunkenness -- Vice and profligacy: betting and gaming -- Sexuality, pornography and prostitution -- From vice to virtue -- Vice and respectability -- Epilogue -- Suggestions for further reading.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Genre/formHistory.
LCCN 2015010998
ISBN147253042X hardcover
ISBN9781472530424 hardcover
ISBN9781472529732 paperback
ISBN1472529731 paperback

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks HV8067 .H84 2016 ✔ Available Place Hold