Introduction; Part I. Suicide and the Social Historian: 1. Durkeim and beyond; Part II. Interpreting the Coroners' Inquest: 2. 'Crowner's quest law'; 3. Suicide verdicts; Part III. The Urban Life Cycle: 4. The urban life cycle in Victorian England; 5. Kingston upon Hull: economy, society, ecology; Part IV. Statistics: 6. The incidence of suicide; Part V. Suicide Across the Life Cycle: 7. Early-life transitions; 8. The prime of life; 9. Early old age; 10. Late old age; Epilogue: Durkheim redivvius; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
Victor Bailey is Professor of History at the University of Kansas.
"Bailey's growing reputation rests upon in-depth research, forensic skill, and an enviable ability to present his findings in a cogent and engaging manner... This is a brilliant, balanced, and original study that enlarges our understanding of the sociology of suicide and adds enormously to the historical study of self-destruction. It is a magnificent achievement." - English Historical Review "This is a splendid book: in many ways it is a model for how a sophisticated social history might be written at the end of the twentieth century... This remarkable book ends up by offering original and well-grounded insights into a range of issues form the administration of justice to personal narratives of shame and collective beliefs about the destiny of the soul." - Journal of Social History "This is a model study in which Victor Bailey successfully rescues a hitherto unheard group of Victorians from their historical isolation." - Albion "This Rash Act" is an excellent study of a highly complex subject." - Victorian Studies "...Bailey not only gives us a 'thick description' of why and how suicide occured, but he also attempts to explain and analize how social forces are represented in the many individual experiences that he unearths." - Social History
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