HIST 1003 Chapter : QUESTIONS FOR MICHAEL CRICHTON, THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY
Document Summary
Questions for michael crichton, the great train robbery. Michael crichton wrote a history in novel form of one of the great crimes of the. Victorian era in england, the great train robbery. The reason i assigned it is because he offers insights into english society in the middle of the 19th century. In the introduction crichton discusses the urbanization of english life in the early 19th century. He briefly discusses crime as a focus of academic inquiry in the later 19th century. Crichton introduces a lot of criminal terms that were common in the 19th century. Snakesman? a swell? : putter-up-mastermind behind criminal activity, screwsman- specialist in keys and safe making, crusher- cop, snakesman- child adept at wriggling through small spaces. Usually, he was a former chimney-sweep"s apprentice: swell- individual who pulls and dips. The target of the thieves is the gold that serves as payment of british troops fighting in the crimean war.
