Identifying the English : a history of personal identification, 1500 to the present / Edward Higgs.
Identifying the English : a history of personal identification, 1500 to the present / Edward Higgs.
Identifying the English : a history of personal identification, 1500 to the present / Edward Higgs.
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Publisher
London ; New York : Continuum, 2011.
Date
2011.
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N942.05/126
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English
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Physical content
286 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Introduction -- Three rogues -- Early modern England-a face to face society? --- Identifying the great and the good -- Identifying the poor 'citizen' and the deviant -- Identification in the first industrial nation 1750 - 1850 -- Towards the 'Dossier Society' 1850 - 1970 -- Citizens and customers 18...
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Publisher
London ; New York : Continuum, 2011.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2011.
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Summary
"Personal identification is very much a live political issue in Britain and this book looks at why this is the case, and why, paradoxically, the theft of identity has become ever more common as the means of identification have multiplied. Identifying the English looks not only at how criminals have been identified - branding, fingerprinting, DNA -...
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Identifying the English : a history of personal identification, 1500 to the present / Edward Higgs.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-273) and index.
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N942.05/126
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74Vv82VEQD0X
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74Vv82VEQD0X
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ISBN
1441182039 (hbk.)
9781441182036 (hbk.)
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991014059309702626
