The Cambridge Social History Of Britain 1750 1950

Author : F. M. L. Thompson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 612 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : History
ISBN : 0521438160

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The Cambridge Social History of Britain, 1750-1950 by F. M. L. Thompson Pdf

Whilst in certain quarters it may be fashionable to suppose that there is no such thing as society historians have had no difficulty in finding their subject. The difficulty, rather, is that the advance has occurred through such an outpouring of research and writing that it is hard for anyone but the specialist to keep up with the literature or grasp the overall picture. In these three volumes, as is the tradition in Cambridge Histories, a team of specialists has assembled the jigsaw of recent monographic research and presented an interpretation of the development of modern British society since 1750, from three complementary perspectives: those of regional communities, of the working and living environment, and of social institutions. Each volume is self-contained, and each contribution, thematically defined, contains its own chronology of the period under review. Taken as a whole they offer an authoritative and comprehensive view of the manner and method of the shaping of society in the two centuries of unprecedented demographic and economic change.

Author : Francis Michael Longstreth Thompson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Associations, institutions, etc
ISBN : UCBK:C023441278

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The Cambridge Social History of Britain, 1750-1950: People and their environment by Francis Michael Longstreth Thompson Pdf

Author : F. M. L. Thompson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1990-06-07
Category : History
ISBN : 0521257883

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The Cambridge Social History of Britain, 1750-1950 by F. M. L. Thompson Pdf

The intensive study of particular localities and communities characterizes much recent work in social history. Volume One draws on this approach to present a series of chapters on the social history of various regions of the British Isles.

Author : F. M. L. Thompson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1990-06-07
Category : History
ISBN : 0521257883

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The Cambridge Social History of Britain, 1750-1950 by F. M. L. Thompson Pdf

The intensive study of particular localities and communities characterizes much recent work in social history. Volume One draws on this approach to present a series of chapters on the social history of various regions of the British Isles.

Author : F. M. L. Thompson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1992-11-19
Category : History
ISBN : 0521438160

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The Cambridge Social History of Britain, 1750-1950 by F. M. L. Thompson Pdf

The intensive study of particular localities and communities characterizes much recent work in social history. Volume One draws on this approach to present a series of chapters on the social history of various regions of the British Isles.

Author : Keith Wrightson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 435 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2017-02-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107041790

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A Social History of England, 1500-1750 by Keith Wrightson Pdf

The first overview of early modern English social history since the 1980s, bringing together the leading authorities in the field.

Author : Eugenio F. Biagini,Mary E. Daly
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 651 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2017-04-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107095588

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The Cambridge Social History of Modern Ireland by Eugenio F. Biagini,Mary E. Daly Pdf

This is the first textbook on the history of modern Ireland to adopt a social history perspective. Written by an international team of leading scholars, it draws on a wide range of disciplinary approaches and consistently sets Irish developments in a wider European and global context.

Author : Josephine Sharoni
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2017-07-03
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9789004336582

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Lacan and Fantasy Literature by Josephine Sharoni Pdf

A Lacanian reading of fantasy fiction 1887-1914 showing the return of atavistic horrors in the wake of the dissolution of traditional authorities. The book shows the critical power of fantasy read in conjunction with psychoanalysis in exploring profound socio-political questions.

Author : William M. Reddy
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1987-09-25
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0521347793

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The Rise of Market Culture by William M. Reddy Pdf

Professor Reddy traces the transition from pre-capitalist to capitalist culture in the French textile industry from 1750 to 1900. Using anthropology and social history, he shows how and why the conception of the social order based on the idea of the market began to emerge, and examines the attendant political and social conflict.

Author : Donald Winch
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1996-01-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0521559200

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Riches and Poverty by Donald Winch Pdf

In Riches and Poverty, Donald Winch explores the implications of a fundamental and influential idea in political economy. Adam Smith's science of the legislator provided a key to studying the rich and poor in commercial societies, transformed an ancient debate on luxury and inequality, and furnished a basis for assessing the American and French revolutions. Against this background, Britain embarked on its career as the first manufacturing nation, and Malthus made his first contributions to a debate which concluded with the Poor Law Amendment Act of 1834. Malthus provoked fierce opposition from the Lake poets, opening an intellectual rift that persisted throughout the nineteenth century and continues to influence our perceptions of cultural history. Donald Winch has written a compelling and consistently-argued narrative of these developments, which emphasises throughout the moral and political bearings of economic ideas.

Author : Eric Hopkins
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Education
ISBN : 0719038677

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Childhood Transformed by Eric Hopkins Pdf

Childhood Transformed provides a pioneering study of the remarkable shift in the nature of working-class childhood in the nineteenth century from lives dominated by work to lives centered around school. The author argues that this change was accompanied by substantial improvements for many in the home environment, in health and nutrition, and in leisure opportunities. The book breaks new ground in providing a wide-ranging survey of different aspects of childhood in the Victorian period, the early chapters examining life at work in agriculture and industry, in the home and elsewhere, while the later chapters discuss the coming of compulsory education, together with changes in the home and in leisure activities. A separate section of the book is devoted to the treatment of deprived children, those in and out of the workhouse, on the streets, and also in prison, industrial schools and reformatories. Offering a fresh and more focused approach to the history of working-class children, this book should be of interest to all lecturers and students of nineteenth-century social history.

Author : James Vernon
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 1068 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2017-04-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108293501

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Modern Britain, 1750 to the Present by James Vernon Pdf

This wide-ranging introduction to the history of modern Britain extends from the eighteenth century to the present day. James Vernon's distinctive history is weaved around an account of the rise, fall and reinvention of liberal ideas of how markets, governments and empires should work. The history takes seriously the different experiences within the British Isles and the British Empire, and offers a global history of Britain. Instead of tracing how Britons made the modern world, Vernon shows how the world shaped the course of Britain's modern history. Richly illustrated with figures and maps, the book features textboxes (on particular people, places and sources), further reading guides, highlighted key terms and a glossary. A supplementary online package includes additional primary sources, discussion questions, and further reading suggestions, including useful links. This textbook is an essential resource for introductory courses on the history of modern Britain.

Author : William Cornish,Stephen Banks,Charles Mitchell,Paul Mitchell,Rebecca Probert
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 672 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2019-10-31
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781509931255

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Law and Society in England 1750-1950 by William Cornish,Stephen Banks,Charles Mitchell,Paul Mitchell,Rebecca Probert Pdf

Law and Society in England 1750–1950 is an indispensable text for those wishing to study English legal history and to understand the foundations of the modern British state. In this new updated edition the authors explore the complex relationship between legal and social change. They consider the ways in which those in power themselves imagined and initiated reform and the ways in which they were obliged to respond to demands for change from outside the legal and political classes. What emerges is a lively and critical account of the evolution of modern rights and expectations, and an engaging study of the formation of contemporary social, administrative and legal institutions and ideas, and the road that was travelled to create them. The book is divided into eight chapters: Institutions and Ideas; Land; Commerce and Industry; Labour Relations; The Family; Poverty and Education; Accidents; and Crime. This extensively referenced analysis of modern social and legal history will be invaluable to students and teachers of English law, political science, and social history.

Author : Stefan Collini,Richard Whatmore,B. W. Young,Brian Young
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2000-05
Category : History
ISBN : 0521626390

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History, Religion, and Culture by Stefan Collini,Richard Whatmore,B. W. Young,Brian Young Pdf

Two volumes containing essays by leading scholars in modern British intellectual history.

Author : Edward Royle
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 577 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2016-05-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781849665698

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Modern Britain Third Edition by Edward Royle Pdf

Praise for the first edition: 'Royle calls on an impressive range of materials (supported by an excellent bibliography) to offer a judicious review of most of the issues currently confronted by social historians. His agenda contains both traditional and novel elements [...] all are presented with admirable clarity and balance. [...] A volume which shows an astonishing command of such a wide range of material will long prove essential reading.' Times Literary Supplement This popular work provides an in-depth historical background to issues of contemporary concern, tracing developments over the past two and a half centuries. It promotes accessibility by adopting a thematic approach, with each theme treated chronologically. Major themes are chosen partly by their importance to an understanding of the past and partly by their relevance to students of contemporary Britain - rather than by imposing current fashions in historical study on the past. Thoroughly revised, the third edition of Modern Britain reviews and brings up to date the content to take account of developments since 1997 and reconsiders emphases and interpretations in light of more recent scholarship. It incorporates new currents in historical writing on matters such as the language of class, the position of women, and the revolution worked by the Internet and mobile technologies. Modern Britain is vital reading for students of history and the social and political sciences.