Harnessing the power of the criminal corpse

This open access book is the culmination of many years of research on what happened to the bodies of executed criminals in the past. Focusing on the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, it looks at the consequences of the 1752 Murder Act. These criminal bodies had a crucial role in the history of me...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Tarlow, Sarah, Lowman, Emma Battell (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham, Switzerland Palgrave Macmillan 2018, [2018]
Series:Palgrave historical studies in the criminal corpse and its afterlife
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Collection: National Center for Biotechnology Information - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Includes bibliographical references and index