Secret Sins
Sex, Violence and Society in Carmarthenshire 1870-1920, New Edition
Distributed for University of Wales Press
344 pages
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5 1/2 x 8 1/2
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© 1996
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Table of Contents

Contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Preface
Introduction: Private Lives, Public Witnesses: The Individual and Society in Carmarthenshire
Acknowledgements
Preface
Introduction: Private Lives, Public Witnesses: The Individual and Society in Carmarthenshire
1. A Sense of Place
2. A Psychic Crisis? The Social Context of Mental Illness and Suicide
3. ‘Secret Sins’: Crime and Protest
4. Sexuality and Tension
5. Spiritual Skeletons: Religion, Superstition and Popular Culture
6. Conclusion: Carmarthenshire and Welsh Society
Notes
Index
Review Quotes
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“Secret Sins is a human and humane book. . . . It succeeds admirably in its purpose in exposing cosy myths.”
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