Hamerton, Christopher (2022) Who has not trembled at the Mohocks name?: panic on the streets, 1712. In, Devilry, Deviance, and Public Sphere: The Social Discovery of Moral Panic in Eighteenth Century London. 1st ed. London. Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 123-158. (doi:10.1007/978-3-031-14883-5_5).
Abstract
This chapter provides the first of three socio-historical case-study chapters, focusing on the Mohocks episode which gripped London in the spring of 1712. The history of rake culture and gang violence is explored, before analysis of the Mohocks case through an examination of primary sources encompassing handbills, broadsides, newspapers, illustrations, and John Gay’s short farce The Mohocks, 1712. As the Mohock panic proliferated and intensified, observers, including Swift, Steele, and Addison, backed by opportunist politicians provided polemics, and greatly exaggerated accounts of events. These embellished accounts developed in tandem with widespread media coverage and growing public outcry, bordering on vigilantism.
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