| Author | : Rosemary Sweet |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 374 |
| Release | : 1997 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9780198206699 |
This text provides an analysis of 18th-century urban culture and local historical scholarship. The author shows how a sense of the past was crucial not only in instilling civic pride and shaping a sense of community, but also in informing contests for power and influence in the local community.
| Author | : Rosemary Helen Sweet |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 706 |
| Release | : 1994 |
| Genre | : Cities and towns |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : Rosemary Sweet |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 366 |
| Release | : 2017-03-02 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1351872117 |
Despite the considerable volume of research into various aspects of the social and economic, cultural and political history of eighteenth-century British towns, remarkably little has focused upon, or even reflected upon the distinctive experience of women in the urban context. Much of what research there is has explored the experience of laboring or impoverished women, or women of the social elite; by contrast, the essays in this collection take up the study of the participation of middling women in urban life. This volume brings into sharper focus the relationship between changes consequent upon urban development and shifts in the pattern of gender relations in the 18th century. The contributors address such themes as the extent to which to what extent urban change accelerated a redefinition of gender relations; the connections between urban growth, changing definitions of citizenship, and the emergence of the male gendered political subject; the role of women in a literate, consumer and industrializing society; the place of women's networks in the economic, political and social life of the town and the distinctive role played by women in areas such as philanthropy and business; and how the development of urban society in turn inflected contemporary conceputalizations of gender.
| Author | : David Feldman |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 345 |
| Release | : 2011-01-20 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1139494414 |
This major collection of essays challenges many of our preconceptions about British political and social history from the late eighteenth century to the present. Inspired by the work of Gareth Stedman Jones, twelve leading scholars explore both the long-term structures - social, political and intellectual - of modern British history, and the forces that have transformed those structures at key moments. The result is a series of insightful, original essays presenting new research within a broad historical context. Subjects covered include the consequences of rapid demographic change in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries; the forces shaping transnational networks, especially those between Britain and its empire; and the recurrent problem of how we connect cultural politics to social change. An introductory essay situates Stedman Jones's work within the broader historiographical trends of the past thirty years, drawing important conclusions about new directions for scholarship in the twenty-first century.
| Author | : Peter Clark |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 980 |
| Release | : 2000-07-20 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9780521431415 |
This volume examines when, why, and how Britain became the first modern urban nation.
| Author | : Frank O'Gorman |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 457 |
| Release | : 2016-01-14 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1472508939 |
This long-awaited second edition sees this classic text by a leading scholar given a new lease of life. It comes complete with a wealth of original material on a range of topics and takes into account the vital research that has been undertaken in the field in the last two decades. The book considers the development of the internal structure of Britain and explores the growing sense of British nationhood. It looks at the role of religion in matters of state and society, in addition to society's own move towards a class-based system. Commercial and imperial expansion, Britain's role in Europe and the early stages of liberalism are also examined. This new edition is fully updated to include: - Revised and thorough treatments of the themes of gender and religion and of the 1832 Reform Act - New sections on 'Commerce and Empire' and 'Britain and Europe' - Several new maps and charts - A revised introduction and a more extensive conclusion - Updated note sections and bibliographies The Long Eighteenth Century is the essential text for any student seeking to understand the nuances of this absorbing period of British history.
| Author | : Julian Hoppit |
| Publisher | : Manchester University Press |
| Total Pages | : 238 |
| Release | : 2013-07-19 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1847790518 |
The abolition of the Scottish and Irish Parliaments in 1707 and 1800 created a United Kingdom centred upon the Westminster legislature. This text discusses what this meant for the four nations involved, and how conceptions of English, Irish, Scottish and Welsh identities were affected.
| Author | : John Beckett |
| Publisher | : Manchester University Press |
| Total Pages | : 260 |
| Release | : 2013-07-19 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1847795137 |
This fascinating book looks at how local history developed from the antiquarian county studies of the sixteenth century through the growth of 'professional' history in the nineteenth century, to the recent past. Concentrating on the past sixty years, it looks at the opening of archive offices, the invigorating influence of family history, the impact of adult education and other forms of lifelong learning. The author considers the debates generated by academics, including the divergence of views over local and regional issues, and the importance of standards set by the Victoria County History (VCH). Also discussed is the fragmentation of the subject. The antiquarian tradition included various subject areas that are now separate disciplines, among them industrial archaeology, name studies, family, landscape and urban history. This is an authoritative account of how local history has come to be one of the most popular and productive intellectual pastimes in our modern society. Written by a practitioner who has spent more than twenty years teaching local history to undergraduates and M.A. students, as well as lecturing to local history societies, John Beckett is currently Director of the VCH. A remarkable book that will be of great interest to students and scholars of local history as well as amateur and professional genealogists.
| Author | : Peter Borsay, Ruth-Elisabeth Mohrmann, Gunther Hirschfelder |
| Publisher | : Waxmann Verlag |
| Total Pages | : 228 |
| Release | : |
| Genre | : Education |
| ISBN | : 9783830956433 |
This volume introduces, through a series of freshly researched studies, new perspectives on the history of European urban culture from the eighteenth to the twentieth century. The approach is an international one, with essays on Austria-Hungary, France, Germany, Great Britain and Italy, and the authors drawn not only from Europe, but also the USA and Japan. The essays examine a range of specialist aspects of culture, such as gardening, spa towns, painting, and music. At the same time the contributors also explore jointly several broader interconnected themes - health, nature, the arts and cultural institutions, leisure, and tourism - of central importance to the cultural identity and development of the modern European town.
