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Works dating mainly from the early 19th century, though the overall span of dates ranges from 1753 through to modern times. Subjects include poverty, population, prisons, the working class, crime and ...
Sur l'homme et le développement de ses facultés, ou, Essai de physique sociale (v.1)
Quetelet, Adolphe (1796-1874)
1835
Republished in 1869 under title: Physique sociale.
Sur l'homme et le développement de ses facultés, ou, Essai de physique sociale (v.2)
Quetelet, Adolphe (1796-1874)
1835
Republished in 1869 under title: Physique sociale.
A dissertation on the numbers of mankind in antient and modern times : in which the superior populousness of antiquity is maintained : with an appendix, containing additional observations on the same subject, and some remarks on Mr. Hume's Political discourse, Of the populousness of antient nations
Wallace, Robert (1697-1771)
1753
Published anonymously. By Robert Wallace. Cf. Halkett & Laing (2nd ed.).
The criminal prisons of London and scenes of prison life
Mayhew, Henry (1812-1887); Binny, John
1862
"With numerous illustrations from photographs."
Tactics for the times : as regards the condition and treatment of the dangerous classes
Symons, Jelinger C (1809-1860)
1849
Panopticon: postscript; Part II: containing a plan of management for a panopticon penitentiary-house
Bentham, Jeremy (1748-1832)
1791
Indexed in: ESTC n011218.
Panopticon: Postscript; Part I: containing further particulars and alterations relative to the plan of construction originally proposed; principally adapted to the purpose of a panopticon penitentiary-house
Bentham, Jeremy (1748-1832)
1791
Indexed in: ESTC n011217.
Britain's next campaign
Sutter, Julie; Holland, Henry Scott (1847-1918); McDougall, Sir John
1903
Previously published as "Cities and citizens, or Britain's next campaign" - p.[11].