Background
Wiener, Martin Joel was born on June 1, 1941 in Brooklyn. Son of Harold H. and Eva (Richter) Wiener.
(England was the world's first great industrial nation yet...)
England was the world's first great industrial nation yet, paradoxically, the English have never been comfortable with industrialism. Drawing on a wide array of sources, Martin Wiener explores the English ambivalence towards modern industrial society. His work reveals a pervasive middle- and upper-class frame of mind hostile to industrialism and economic growth. From the middle of the nineteenth century to the present, this hostility shaped a broad spectrum of cultural expression, including literature, journalism, and architecture, as well as social, historical and economic thought. In this new edition Wiener reflects on the original debate surrounding his work and examines the historiography of the past twenty years.
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(This ambitious and imaginative work interprets criminal j...)
This ambitious and imaginative work interprets criminal justice history by relating it to intellectual and cultural history. Starting from the assumption that policies and statutes originate in a society's values and norms, the author skillfully and persuasively demonstrates how changes in criminal law and penal practice were related to the changing values of early, mid, and late Victorian and Edwardian society. Wiener traces changes in the criminal justice system by examining the treatment of offenders. During the Victorian period the system became more punitive and then reformed to be more welfarist. This work offers insight into the contemporary Anglo-American penal system. In addition, Wiener's wide-ranging discussion of issues, most notably of free will versus determinism, sheds light on a broad range of Victorian history, beyond crime and punishment.
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Wiener, Martin Joel was born on June 1, 1941 in Brooklyn. Son of Harold H. and Eva (Richter) Wiener.
Bachelor, Brandeis U., 1962; Master of Arts, Harvard University, 1963; Doctor of Philosophy in History, Harvard University, 1967.
Assistant professor, Rice U., 1967-1972; associate professor, Rice U., 1972-1980; professor of history, Rice U., 1980-1982; Mary Gibbs Jones professor, Rice U., since 1982; chair department history, 1990-1994.
(England was the world's first great industrial nation yet...)
(England was the world's first great industrial nation yet...)
(This ambitious and imaginative work interprets criminal j...)
Fellow Royal History Society. Member American History Association, American Society Legal History, Council for European Studies (steering committee 1985-1990), Conference on British Studies (nominating committee 1982-1984, county 1992-1996), Social History Society(United Kingdom), American History Association (county 1987-1990).
Married Carol Ann Zisowitz, September 22, 1964 (divorced 1977). Children: Wendy, Julie. Married Meredith Anne Skura, May 17, 1981.
Children: Rebecca, Vivian.
