Albion's Fatal Tree: Crime and Society in Eighteenth-Century England

374 Pages·1975·15.398 MB·English

by  Douglas Hay, Peter Linebaugh, John G. Rule, E.P. Thompson, Cal Winslow

Douglas Hay, Peter Linebaugh,
John G. Rule, E.P. Thompson,
and Cal Winslow
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Albion’s Fatal Tree
Crime and Society in
Eighteenth-Century England
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Douglas Hay
Peter Linehaugh
John G. Rule
E. P. Thompson
Cal Winslow
PANTHEON BOOKS A Division of Random House
New York
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Copyright © 1975 by Douglas Hay, Peter Linebaugh,
John G. Rule, E. P. Thompson, Cal Winslow
All rights reserved under International and Pan-
American Copyright Conventions. Published in the
United States by Pantheon Books, a division of
Random House, Inc., New York. Originally published
in Great Britain by Allen Lane, Penguin Books, Ltd.,
London.
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Main entry under title:
Albion’s Fatal Tree.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Crime and criminals—England—History-
Addresses, essays, lectures. I. Hay, Douglas.
HV6943.A54 1975 3647942 75-23256
ISBN 0-394-47120-2
ISBN 0-394-73085-2 pbk.
Manufactured in the United States of America
List of Illustrations and Maps 7
Abbreviations 9
Preface /j
[ij Douglas Hay: Property, Authority and the Criminal Law (7j)
[2] Peter Linebaugh: The Tyburn Riot Against the Surgeons 65
[3] Cal Winslow: Sussex Smugglers ng
[4] John G. Rule: Wrecking and Coastal Plunder 167
[5] Douglas Hay: Poaching and the Game Laws on Cannock Chase i8g
[6] E. P. Thompson : The Crime of Anonymity (233
Appendix: A Sampler of Letters J09
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Index of Persons and Places 343
Index of Subjects J49
About the Authors ?<r? <h
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