Enterprise and Society Advance Access originally published online on December 7, 2007
Enterprise and Society 2007 8(4):975-977; doi:10.1093/es/khm091
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Deborah A. Symonds. Notorious Murders, Black Lanterns, & Moveable Goods: The Transformation of Edinburgh's Underworld in the Early Nineteenth Century
Deborah A. Symonds. Notorious Murders, Black Lanterns, & Moveable Goods: The Transformation of Edinburgh's Underworld in the Early Nineteenth Century. Akron, Ohio: University of Akron Press, 2006. xiv + 167 pp. ISBN 1-931968-27-6, $39.95 (cloth)
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The year 1828, which saw the discovery of sixteen murders committed by the infamous William Burke, William Hare, and their wives, provides the focal point for Notorious Murders, Black Lanterns, & Moveable Goods. Based on a detailed analysis of trial pamphlets, the book is a microstudy of the households, networks, and relationships that structured black economies in Georgian Edinburgh. It is well known that the activities of Burke and Hare formed part of an
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