1st Edition
Respectability, Bankruptcy and Bigamy in Late Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Century Britain
By John Benson
Copyright 2023
146 Pages
by
Routledge
146 Pages
by
Routledge
146 Pages
by
Routledge
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Respectability, Bankruptcy and Bigamy in Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth-Century Britain explores the vexed question of middle-class respectability in Victorian and Edwardian Britain. It focuses upon the life of London solicitor Hamilton Pawley (1860–1936), who was barred from working by the Law Society, twice declared bankrupt, and in 1919 was sentenced to eighteen months’ imprisonment... Read more
Introduction
Part I: Respectability
1. A Secure Upbringing
2. A City Partnership
3. A Good Marriage
Part II: Respectability Unravelling
4. A Fading Career
5. A Failing Marriage
6. Family Feuds
Part III: Respectability Unravelled
7. Bankruptcy
8. Bigamy
9. Belligerence
Aftermath
Conclusions
Biography
John Benson is Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Wolverhampton. He has written widely on modern British history, has held visiting positions in Canada and Japan, and has spoken on his work in Australia, Canada, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand and the United States of America.
