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The trials of Admiral KnowlesThe sailors' return -- The sailors' revenge -- Fire from heaven: the London earthquakes of 1750 -- Riots, revels, and reprisals -- Tackling the gin craze -- Henry Fielding and social reform -- From Havana to Halifax.
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| Sprache: | eng |
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New Haven u.a.
Yale Univ. Press
2012
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| Schriftenreihe: | The Lewis Walpole series in eighteenth-century culture and history
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | The trials of Admiral KnowlesThe sailors' return -- The sailors' revenge -- Fire from heaven: the London earthquakes of 1750 -- Riots, revels, and reprisals -- Tackling the gin craze -- Henry Fielding and social reform -- From Havana to Halifax. The trials of Admiral Knowles -- The sailors' return -- The sailors' revenge -- Fire from heaven : the London earthquakes of 1750 -- Riots, revels, and reprisals -- Tackling the gin craze -- Henry Fielding and social reform -- From Havana to Halifax |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-254) and index |
| Beschreibung: | XI, 258 S. Ill. 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780300169621 978-0-300-16962-1 0300169620 0-300-16962-0 |