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Murder scenes : normality, deviance, and criminal violence in Weimar Berlin / Sace Elder.

Author/creator Elder, Sace
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoAnn Arbor : University of Michigan Press
Descriptionix, 266 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Supplemental Content Full text available from UPCC Books History 2010 Subject Collection
Subject(s)
Murder--Germany --Berlin --History --20th century.
Homicide--Germany --Berlin --History --20th century.
Deviant behavior--Germany --Berlin --History --20th century.
Violence--Germany --Berlin --History --20th century.
Crime--Germany --Berlin --History --20th century.
Community life--Germany --Berlin --History --20th century.
Berlin (Germany)--Social conditions --20th century.
Germany--History --1918-1933.
Germany--Social conditions --1918-1933.
Series Social history, popular culture, and politics in Germany
Social history, popular culture, and politics in Germany. ^A267526
Contents "Life has recently become cheap" : murder, moral panic, and the uncertainty of normality -- "The untrained gaze of the layperson" : the murder investigation -- "She preferred staying with him to dying of hunger" : the Carl Grossmann sexual murder case -- "A children's paradise" : crime and community in West Berlin -- "What does Langu mean?" : solving murder and dissolving community in Prenzlauer Berg -- "A marriage no better and no worse than many others" : domestic homicide, gender, and everyday violence -- Conclusion: Violence and normality in Weimar Germany.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 241-260) and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2009050348
ISBN9780472117246 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0472117246 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBNebook

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