Screen LibraryPersonal identity in the modern world : a society of strangers /
"In a society of strangers, there develops what can be called crimes of mobility -- forms of criminality rare in traditional societies: bigamy, the confidence game, and blackmail, for example. What they have in common is a kind of fraudulent role-playing, which the new society makes possible&qu...
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| Published: |
Rowman & Littlefield,
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| Publisher Address: | Lanham : |
| Publication Dates: | [2022] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
"In a society of strangers, there develops what can be called crimes of mobility -- forms of criminality rare in traditional societies: bigamy, the confidence game, and blackmail, for example. What they have in common is a kind of fraudulent role-playing, which the new society makes possible"-- This book explores the consequences of social and geographical mobility in the United States and Great Britain from the beginning of the nineteenth century on. Personal identity became more fluid. Lines between classes blurred. New forms of criminality, new forms of literature, new ways of life and law developed in what had become a world of strangers--back cover. |
| Carrier Form: | xvii, 183 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-172) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781538166840 1538166844 |
| Index Number: | HV6691 |
| CLC: |
C913.8 D917.7 |
| Call Number: | D917.7/F911 |
| Contents: |
Up and down the ladder -- An evil twin -- Crimes of mobility -- White lies -- The dawn of mystery -- A world of doubt and opportunity -- The worm in the bud -- Coming together and moving apart -- Brave new world -- |