Bloody Scotland
Subtitle: Crime in 19th Century Scotland
Publisher: Black & White Publishing
Published: 2014
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9781845028855
Subjects: Cultural Policy; SOCIAL SCIENCE; Criminology, Penology & Juvenile Delinquency; Popular Culture; Social Welfare & Social Work; Anthropology; Cultural; POLITICAL SCIENCE; Public Policy; Crime; Social Sciences; History
Description: In the 19th century Scotland was depicted as a land of misty glens, engineering innovation and inventive genius. But Scotland was also the home of brutal murder, terrifying riots, child cruelty, bank robbery and acid attack. Women as well as men were capable of horrendous acts, and crime could strike anywhere: at home, on the road and even at sea. From the Borders to the Northern Isles, crime was never far away. Edinburgh, with its reputation for polite decorum, was also the scene of poisoning and savagery; the dark streets of industrial Glasgow and Dundee harboured thieves and muggers, while.
Notes: Also by the AuthorCopyright.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

English.
Table of contents: title: Cover; Title; Dedication; Quote; Acknowledgements; Contents; Maps; Author's Note; Introduction; 1 Resurrection Men; 2 Robbing the Stirling Mail; 3 Policing Old Edinburgh; 4 Of Banks and Bankers; 5 Pirates of the Hebrides; 6 Cotton Combinations; 7 The Poachers; 8 Tommy on the Loose; 9 Wild Women; 10 The Navigators; 11 Duel; 12 The Dundee Museum Robbery; 13 Muder in the family; 14 The Seige of John Street; 15 The Curse of Drink; 16 The Poisoners; 17 Rural Murders; 18 Of Thieves and Muggers; 19 Prison and Punishment; 20 Assaults; 21 A Medley of Crime; Epilogue; Select Bibliography.