Detecting the Social Order and Disorder in Post-1970s Detective Fiction /

• Main Authors: Evans, Mary (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Moore, Sarah (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Johnstone, Hazel (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Social structure.; Social inequality.; Cultural studies.; Social sciences-Philosophy.; Literature, Modern-20th century.; Literature, Modern-21st century.; Popular Culture.; Popular Social Sciences.; Social Structure, Social Inequality.; Cultural Studies.; Social Theory.; Contemporary Literature.; Popular Culture .

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