Land of White Gloves? is an important academic investigation into the history of crime and punishment in Wales. Beginning in the medieval period when the limitations of state authority fostered a law centred on kinship and compensation, the study explores the effects of the introduction of English legal models, culminating in the Acts of Union under Henry VIII. It reveals enduring traditions of extra-legal dispute settlement rooted in the conditions of Welsh Society. The study examines the impact of a growing bureaucratic state uniformity in the nineteenth century and concludes by examining the question of whether distinctive features are to be found in patterns of crime and the responses to it into the twentieth century.  Dealing with matters as diverse as drunkenness and prostitution, industrial unrest and linguistic protests and with punishments ranging from social ostracism to execution, the book draws on a wide range of sources, primary and secondary, and insights from anthropology, social and legal history. It presents a narrative which explores the nature and development of the state, the theoretical and practical limitations of the criminal law and the relationship between law and the society in which it operates.  The book will appeal to those who wish to examine the relationships between state control and social practice and explores the material in an accessible way, which will be both useful and fascinating to those interested in the history of Wales and of the history of crime and punishment more generally.

Land of White Gloves?: A history of crime and punishment in Wales (History of Crime in the UK and Ireland)

History

Ireland, Richard

Europe

Routledge

In the nineteenth century, prison became the dominant form of punishment for criminals, as capital and corporal measures were phased out and crime began to be thought of as a national, rather than a local, problem that demanded a national solution. Richard Ireland’s detailed investigation into the operation of a local Welsh jail between 1840 and 1877 is a revealing account of the relationship between the jail, its staff and prisoners, and the community as well as a thorough exploration of the reasons for and resistances to the growth of the penal system.

'A Want of Order and Good Discipline': Rules, Discretion and the Victorian Prison

University of Wales Press

Imprisonment in England and Wales: A Concise History

Politics & Social Sciences

Hines, Bill

Harding, Christopher

Rawlings, Philip

Social Sciences

Routledge& Kegan Paul

Imprisonment in England and Wales (Routledge Library Editions: Prison and Prisoners)

Land of White Gloves? (History of Crime in the UK and Ireland)

The Glittering Cage

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Science Fiction

lulu.com

Known as the “Psychic to the Stars,” Richard Ireland counseled celebrities including Mae West, Amanda Blake, and Glenn Ford. Twelve years after Ireland’s death in 1992, his son Mark was sent this manuscript, written in 1973. Recently, as Mark Ireland recounts in the foreword, two psychic-mediums with no prior knowledge of the project have received messages suggesting that his father deliberately delayed the book’s release until now, when it would reach an audience more receptive to developing their psychic talents. Your Psychic Potential includes a description of the four spheres/levels of psychic activity, an exploration of the relationship between artistic talents and the psychic, tests and experiments to help unleash psychic ability, a psychic’s diet and meditative exercises that support the freer flow of abilities, and tools to counter inhibitory fears. Anyone interested in discovering their extrasensory talents and achieving conscious control over them is sure to find this an indispensable guide.

Your Psychic Potential: A Guide to Psychic Development

Religion & Spirituality

New Age & Spirituality

North Atlantic Books

Richard Ireland's debut novel has five tales set on the fictitious island of Cloverdragon. The stories, all written and set in lockdown, share themes of humour and violence, pity and hatred, betrayal and pursuit.Stories that are touching, sad, suspenseful and thought provoking. They tell the tales of a hitman posing as a market trader fighting to do the right thing, a young boy with culinary dreams and love in his heart, three friends who just want a pint in a pub and secrets uncovered at Devil's Head Lake. They are all linked by an inexplicable force. A force that will reveal itself in time - ALL THIS TIME.

ALL THIS TIME

Literature & Fiction

Short Stories & Anthologies

Decorative plasterwork was created by skilled craftsmen, and for over four hundred years it has been an essential part of the interior decoration of the British country house. In this detailed and comprehensive study, Geoffrey Beard has created a book that will delight the eye and inform the interested reader. For those who have sometimes been puzzled by the complexities of plaster decoration it will be a most useful work of reference on a fascinating art form, about which no book has been published for nearly fifty years. After discussing the part that patrons played in commissioning and financing these beautiful decorations, a useful chapter is devoted to materials and methods of work and here the author describes the ingredients of good plaster; he has studied the work of present-day English plasterers and Swiss stucco-restorers in order to establish precisely how the materials of plaster and stucco were composed and used.

Decorative Plasterwork in Great Britain

Arts & Photography

BEARD, Geoffrey

Orton, Jeff

Architecture

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