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‘This Rash Act’: Suicide Across the Life Cycle in the Victorian City
Victor Bailey
‘This Rash Act’: Suicide Across the Life Cycle in the Victorian City
Victor Bailey
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.
369 pages, 20 tables 13 figures
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | September 1, 2000 |
ISBN13 | 9780804731249 |
Publishers | Stanford University Press |
Pages | 372 |
Dimensions | 153 × 227 × 20 mm · 506 g |
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