Title: This rash act : suicide across the life cycle in the Victorian city /
Authors: Bailey, Victor, 1948-
Publisher: Stanford University Press,
Year: 1998
Subjects: Suicide England Hull Sociological aspects.; Suicide England Hull History; Suicide
Contents: Pt. I. Suicide and the Social Historian. 1. Durkheim and Beyond -- Pt. II. Interpreting the Coroners' Inquest. 2. "Crowner's Quest Law" 3. Suicide Verdicts -- Pt. III. The Urban Life Cycle. 4. The Urban Life Cycle in Victorian England. 5. Kingston upon Hull: Economy, Society, Ecology -- Pt. IV. Statistics. 6. The Incidence of Suicide -- Pt. V. Suicide Across the Life Cycle. 7. Early-Life Transitions. 8. The Prime of Life. 9. Early Old Age. 10. Late Old Age -- Epilogue. Durkheim Redivivus.