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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Benson, John (1945-....)
Titre(s) : Respectability, bankruptcy and bigamy in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Britain [Texte imprimé] / John Benson
Publication : New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2023
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (viii, 136 pages) ; 25 cm
Collection : Routledge studies in modern British history
Lien à la collection : Routledge studies in modern British history
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references p. 130-133 and index
"Respectability, Bankruptcy and Bigamy in Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth-Century
Britain explores the vexed question of middle-class respectability in Victorian and
Edwardian Britain. It focuses upon the life of London solicitor Hamilton Pawley (1860-1936),
who was barred from working by the Law Society, twice declared bankrupt, and in 1919
was sentenced to eighteen months' imprisonment with hard labour for bigamously marrying
a woman practically forty years his junior. If Pawley did not suffer the revenge of
respectable society, it is difficult to think who would. Drawing upon the fact that
the disgraced and the disreputable have always tended to attract a disproportionate
amount of attention, the book ranges widely, exploring such important issues as middle-class
education, career choices, the dynamics of family life, and the workings of the late
nineteenth and early twentieth-century legal system. It shows that Pawley was able
to hold on to his professional - and even gentlemanly - status for far longer than
seemed likely. This all suggests, the book concludes, that although respectability
was as important to the middle class as we have always been told, it was both easier
to acquire and easier to retain than we have generally been led to believe. This book
will appeal to all those interested in British Society in the Late Nineteenth and
Early Twentieth Century"
Sujet(s) : Pawley, Hamilton (1860-1936)
Classes moyennes -- Grande-Bretagne -- 1870-1914
Statut social -- Grande-Bretagne -- 1870-1914
Indice(s) Dewey :
340.092 (23e éd.) = Droit - Biographie
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780367766856. - ISBN 036776685X. - ISBN 9780367766863. - ISBN 0367766868. -
ISBN 9781003168126 (erroné)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb47195736m
Notice n° :
FRBNF47195736
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