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Night Raiders - Burglary and the Making of Modern Urban Life in London, 1860-1968 (Hardcover)
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Night Raiders - Burglary and the Making of Modern Urban Life in London, 1860-1968 (Hardcover)
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Night Raiders is the first history of burglary in modern Britain.
Until 1968, burglary was defined in law as occurring only between
the 'night-time' hours of nine pm and six am in residential
buildings. Time and space gave burglary a unique cloak of terror,
since burglars' victims were likely to be in the bedroom, asleep
and unawares, when the intruder crept in, prowling near them in the
darkness. Yet fear sometimes gave way to sexual fantasy; eroticized
visions of handsome young thieves sneaking around the boudoirs of
beautiful, lonely heiresses emerged alongside tales of violence and
loss in popular culture, confounding social commentators by casting
the burglar as criminal hero. Night Raiders charts how burglary lay
historically at the heart of national debates over the meanings of
'home', experiences of urban life, and social inequality. The book
explores intimate stories of the devastation caused by burglars'
presence in the most private domains, showing how they are deeply
embedded within broader histories of capitalism and liberal
democracy. The fear and fascination surrounding burglary were
mobilized by media, state, and market to sell insurance and
security technologies, whilst also popularising the crime in
fiction, theatre, and film. Cat burglars' rooftop adventures
transformed ideas about the architecture and policing of the city,
and post-war 'spy-burglars' theft of information illuminated Cold
War skirmishes across the capital. More than any other crime,
burglary shaped the everyday rhythms, purchases, and perceptions of
modern urban life.
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