Albion's Fatal Tree Crime and Society in Eighteenth-Century England

by Hay, Douglas; Linebaugh, Peter; Rule, John G.; Thompson, E.P.; Winslow, Cal

• ISBN13: 9781844677160
• ISBN10: 1844677168
• Edition: 00
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-10-24
• Publisher: VERSO

Summary

Leading historians present a fascinating collection of essays on the eighteenth-century legal system and those who passed through it.

Author Biography

Douglas Hay is Professor in Law and History at York University. His books include Criminal Cases on the Crown Side of King’s Bench 1740–1800.

Peter Linebaugh is Professor of History at the University of Toledo. He writes extensively on British history, Irish history, labor history and the history of the colonial Atlantic. His books include The Magna Carta Manifesto, The Many-Headed Hydra and The London Hanged, and he contributes frequently to CounterPunch.

John G. Rule was Professor of History at the University of Southampton until his retirement. He is the author of Albion’s People.

E. P. Thompson was an English historian whose many books include The Making of the English Working Class.

Cal Winslow is Director of the Mendocino Institute and Fellow in Environmental Politics, Institute of International Studies, UC Berkeley, and co-editor of Rebel Rank and File.

Table of Contents

List of Inustrations and Maps	p. ix
Abbreviations	p. xi
preface	p. xv
Introduction to the Second Edition	p. xix
Douglas Hay: Property, Authority and the Criminal Law	p. 17
Peter Linebaugh: The Tyburn Riot Against the Surgeons	p. 65
Cal Winslow: Sussex Smugglers	p. 119
John G. Rule: Wrecking the Coastal Plunder	p. 167
Douglas Hay: Poaching and the Game Laws on Cannock Chase	p. 189
E. P. Thompson: The Crime of Anonymity	p. 255
Appendix: A Sampler of Letters	p. 309
Index of Persons and Places	p. 345
Index of Subjects	p. 349
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