Social History of England

Social History of England

Wrightson, Keith (Yale University, Connecticut)

Cambridge University Press

02/2017

454

Dura

Inglês

9781107041790

15 a 20 dias

The first overview of early modern English social history since the 1980s, with thematic chapters by leading scholars arranged to provide a comprehensive overview of social and cultural change in a period vital to the development of English social identities. Essential reading for students, teachers and general readers.
Introduction: framing early modern England Keith Wrightson; Part I. Discovering the English: 1. Crafting the nation Cathy Shrank; 2. Surveying the people Paul Griffiths; 3. Little commonwealths I: the household and family relationships Linda Pollock; 4. Little commonwealths II: communities Malcolm Gaskill; Part II. Currents of Change: 5. Reformations Alec Ryrie; 6. Words, words, words: education, literacy and print Adam Fox; 7. Land and people Jane Whittle; 8. Urbanization Phil Withington; 9. The people and the law Tim Stretton; 10. Authority and protest John Walter; 11. Consumption and material culture Adrian Green; Part III. Social Identities: 12. 'Gentlemen': re-making the English ruling class Henry French; 13. The 'middling sort': an emergent cultural identity Craig Muldrew; 14. The 'meaner sort': labouring people and the poor Jeremy Boulton; 15. Gender, the body and sexuality Alexandra Shepard; 16. The English and 'others' in England and beyond Alison Games; Coda: history, time and social memory Andy Wood.
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