The anatomy murders
Subtitle: being the true and spectacular history of Edinburgh's notorious Burke and Hare, and of the man of science who abetted them in the commission of their most heinous crimes
By: Lisa Rosner.
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9780812241914
Subjects: Burke, William, -- 1792-1829; Hare, William, -- 1792?-1870?; Murder -- Scotland -- Edinburgh -- Case studies; Murder -- Scotland -- Edinburgh -- History -- 19th century; Edinburgh (Scotland) -- History
Genres: Case studies
Description: This text situates the story of Burke and Hare against the social and cultural forces that were bringing early 19th-century Britain into modernity. Each of the murder victims provides a window on a different aspect of this world in transition.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The corpus delicti; title: The anatomy wars; title: Burking invented; title: Sold to Dr. Knox; title: Based on a true story; title: The dangerous classes; title: Anonymous subjects; title: The criminal mind; title: Crime scene : Edinburgh; title: Day in court; title: All that remains.