Con Men and Cutpurses: Scenes from the Hogarthian Underworld Book

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Con Men and Cutpurses: Scenes from the Hogarthian Underworld, Crime flourished in eighteenth-century England, thanks to the conspicuous wealth of the upper classes and the lack of any kind of police force. Many people, bound by a life of exhausting poverty, saw highwaymen, thieves, pirates and prostitutes as glamoro, Con Men and Cutpurses: Scenes from the Hogarthian Underworld

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Con Men and Cutpurses: Scenes from the Hogarthian Underworld
Written by author Lucy Moore
Published by Penguin Group (USA), January 2005
Crime flourished in eighteenth-century England, thanks to the conspicuous wealth of the upper classes and the lack of any kind of police force. Many people, bound by a life of exhausting poverty, saw highwaymen, thieves, pirates and prostitutes as glamoro
This enthralling collection takes readers deep into the murky underworld of eighteenth-century England, bringing it to life in the racy idiomatic language of the time through memoirs, newspaper articles, satires, and ballads. The historical writings in

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Introduction
A Note on the Texts
Further Reading
1 The Hogarthian Underworld 1
2 Murderers 37
3 Prostitutes 59
4 Thieves 83
5 Pirates 123
6 Sex Offenders 159
7 Highwaymen 185
8 Confidence Tricksters 219
9 A Miscellany 249
10 Cant Glossary 285
App The Black Act 291
Acknowledgements 301

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Publication Date: January 2005

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Weight: 0.200 kg (0.44 lbs)

Width: 5.320 cm (2.09 inches)

Heigh : 7.900 cm (3.11 inches)

Depth: 0.800 cm (0.31 inches)

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Interesting anthology. Cases chosen because they demonstrate stand outs rather than regular occurrences. Good to be able to read the primary sources. Some interesting and well known characters in there.

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	Introduction
	A Note on the Texts
	Further Reading
1	The Hogarthian Underworld	1
2	Murderers	37
3	Prostitutes	59
4	Thieves	83
5	Pirates	123
6	Sex Offenders	159
7	Highwaymen	185
8	Confidence Tricksters	219
9	A Miscellany	249
10	Cant Glossary	285
App	The Black Act	291
	Acknowledgements	301