The Chimney of the World
The Chimney of the World

Author: Stephen Mosley

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-04-15

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 1135027773

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In this innovative contribution to the field of environmental history, Stephen Mosley explores the devastating human and environmental costs of smoke pollution in the world’s first industrial city.

Policing and Prosecution in Britain, 1750-1850
Policing and Prosecution in Britain, 1750-1850

Author: Douglas Hay

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 1989

Total Pages: 496

ISBN-13:

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English law was almost unique in that most prosecutions were brought by the police rather than by public prosecutors. This book examines why they acquired that power, what was its social significance, and what was distinctive about its evolution, compared with policing in Scotland and Ireland.