'This Rash Act' by Victor Bailey
What made some 700 men and women in the Yorkshire town of Kingston-upon-Hull, in the years 1837 to 1900, decide to suffer no longer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune and take their own lives? In this study, the author seeks to uncover the experiences that drove people to suicide.
"This is a model study in which Victor Bailey successfully rescues a hitherto unheard group of Victorians from their historical isolation" -- Albion
"...Bailey not only gives us a 'thick description' of why and how suicide occured, but he also attempts to explain and analize how social forces are represented in the many individual experiences that he unearths." -- Social History
"Bailey's growing reputation rests upon in-depth research, forensic skill, and an enviable ability to present his findings in a cogent and engaging manner. . . . This is a brilliant, balanced, and original study that enlarges our understanding of the sociology of suicide and adds enormously to the historical study of self-destruction. It is a magnificent achievement." -- English Historical Review
"This Rash Act" is an excellent study of a highly complex subject." -- Victorian Studies
"This is a splendid book: in many ways it is a model for how a sophisticated social history might be written at the end of the twentieth century. . . . This remarkable book ends up by offering original and well-grounded insights into a range of issues form the administration of justice to personal narratives of shame and collective beliefs about the destiny of the soul." -- Journal of Social History
"...Bailey not only gives us a 'thick description' of why and how suicide occured, but he also attempts to explain and analize how social forces are represented in the many individual experiences that he unearths." -- Social History
"Bailey's growing reputation rests upon in-depth research, forensic skill, and an enviable ability to present his findings in a cogent and engaging manner. . . . This is a brilliant, balanced, and original study that enlarges our understanding of the sociology of suicide and adds enormously to the historical study of self-destruction. It is a magnificent achievement." -- English Historical Review
"This Rash Act" is an excellent study of a highly complex subject." -- Victorian Studies
"This is a splendid book: in many ways it is a model for how a sophisticated social history might be written at the end of the twentieth century. . . . This remarkable book ends up by offering original and well-grounded insights into a range of issues form the administration of justice to personal narratives of shame and collective beliefs about the destiny of the soul." -- Journal of Social History
Victor Bailey is Professor of History at the University of Kansas.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780804731249 |
| ISBN 10 | 0804731241 |
| Title | 'This Rash Act' |
| Author | Victor Bailey |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Stanford University Press |
| Year published | 2000-09-01 |
| Number of pages | 372 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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