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Beschreibung
Highly Commended in Class 6 - Non-Fiction: History and Creative Arts of the Holyer an Gof Awards 2011

Shows how the image of Cornish wreckers as villains deliberately luring ships on to the rocks is a myth.
Highly Commended in Class 6 - Non-Fiction: History and Creative Arts of the Holyer an Gof Awards 2011

Shows how the image of Cornish wreckers as villains deliberately luring ships on to the rocks is a myth.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction: A Reputation for Wrecking
Cornwall and the Sea
'Dead Wrecks' and the Foundation of Wreck Law
Wrecking and Criminality
The Cornish Wrecker
Wrecking and the Popular Morality
Wrecking and Enforcement of the Law
Lords of the Manor and their Right of Wreck
Wrecking and Centralised Authority
The Wrecker, the Press and the Pulpit
Conclusion: Myths and Reputations Reconsidered
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
Genre: Geschichte, Importe
Jahrhundert: Neuzeit
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: Einband - fest (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9781843835554
ISBN-10: 184383555X
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Pearce, Cathryn J
Hersteller: Boydell & Brewer
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 236 x 152 x 23 mm
Von/Mit: Cathryn J Pearce
Erscheinungsdatum: 16.09.2010
Gewicht: 0,599 kg
Artikel-ID: 101190154