{"product_id":"9781911477334","title":"Crimes that Made the Modern World: From the Tolpuddle Martyrs to Bernie Madoff","description":"The degree to which criminal acts have shaped modern societies is explored by award-winning political journalist Ian Hernon.\u003cp\u003eThe outcome of some led to overdue reforms - the 'crimes' of the Tolpuddle Martyrs, for example, kick-started the trade union movement, while those of Reform rioters led to universal franchise and eventually to the welfare state. On the international stage, a grievous assault on a white woman led to a horrific massacre which in turn accelerated the process by which India gained independence and an empire crumbled; while in America the biggest mass lynching of innocents led eventually to Barak Obama in the White House.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eElsewhere, criminal acts changed the world for the worse - the sinking of the Lusitania resurrected the concept of total warfare in which civilians are fair game, a brutal bank robbery gave birth to Stalinism, and a shambolic revolt spawned Nazism. Bringing the cycle up to date, he describes how white collar crime created modern cycles of recession. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIan Hernon tells those stories, and others, with the same flair he brought to his previous studies in social and military history over the last 200 turbulent years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIan Hernon has been a journalist and a Parliamentary lobby correspondent since 1978. He is Deputy Editor of 'The Tribune'. His previously published books of social and military history include: 'Britain's Forgotten Wars', 'Riot!', 'Assassin!', 'Fortress Britain', 'The Blair Decade' and 'Robert Tressell - A Life in Hell'. He has a wife, two daughters and three grandchildren, and lives in Kent.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Red Axe Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47062830973168,"sku":"9781911477334","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781911477334_p0.jpg?v=1763630477","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781911477334","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}