1st Edition

Albion's People English Society 1714-1815

By John Rule Copyright 1992
286 Pages
by Routledge

286 Pages
by Routledge

286 Pages
by Routledge

This second volume of John Rule's major two-volume portrait of Georgian England is a comprehensive and authoritative survey of eighteenth-century society, incorporating the exciting new research findings of recent years. It deals in turn with the upper class, `middling sort' and lower orders; with popular education, religion and culture; with standards of living in town and country; and with... Read more
List of abbreviations.  List of figures.  List of tables.  Introductory note.  Preface.  Acknowledgements.  1. The background.  2. The upper class.  3. Middling people.  4. Middle-class values.  5. The lower orders.  6. Popular education, religion and culture.  7. The standard of living.  8. Social and industrial protest.  9. Crime and punishment.
10. Change and continuity.  Bibliography.  Index.

Biography

Johhn Rule