The anatomy murders : being the true and spectacular history of Edinburgh's notorious Burke and Hare, and of the man of science who abetted them in the commission of their most heinous crimes

The anatomy murders : being the true and spectacular history of Edinburgh's notorious Burke and Hare, and of the man of science who abetted them in the commission of their most heinous crimes /

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This text situates the story of Burke and Hare against the social and cultural forces that were bringing early 19th-century Britain into modernity. Each of the murder victims provides a window on a different aspect of this world in transition.

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Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Main Author: Rosner, Lisa
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2010
Series:EBL-Schweitzer
Subjects:
Hare, William, > 1792?-1870?
Burke, William, > 1792-1829.
Murder > Scotland > Edinburgh > History > 19th century.
Murder > Scotland > Edinburgh > Case studies.
Dissection > history
Grave Robbing > history
History, 19th Century
Homicide > history
Edinburgh (Scotland) > History.
Scotland
Case Reports
Case studies.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
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Summary:This text situates the story of Burke and Hare against the social and cultural forces that were bringing early 19th-century Britain into modernity. Each of the murder victims provides a window on a different aspect of this world in transition.
Item Description:OldControl:muse9780812203554.
Physical Description:1 online resource (vi, 328 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-318) and index.
ISBN:9780812203554
0812203550
0812221761
9780812221763
Language:In English.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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