The Watchdogs of Georgian London: Non-human Agency, Crime Prevention and Control of Urban Space.
Property crime was a major concern in Georgian London and previous studies have noted that this spurred on the development of locks, security regimes and policing. Until now, however, the role played by dogs in eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century crime prevention has been overlooked. When think...
| Publicado en: | London Journal Vol. 43; no. 3; pp. 267 - 289 |
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Nov2018
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