226 Pages
by
Routledge
226 Pages
by
Routledge
232 Pages
by
Routledge
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The years between 1776 and 1851 are of profound importance for the social and urban historian. English town dwellers of the period experienced some fundamental changes in their way of life: rapid population growth; and an unprecedented rate of social change resulting from this. These ever-increasing armies of town dwellers presented the local and central authorities with a myriad of urgent... Read more
PART ONE: A CHANGING NATION
1. People and towns
2. Suffering and people: illness and death in the urban world
3. Working lives
4. The language of class
PART TWO: PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS
5. The poor
6. Learning and believing
7. Challenging the system: radicalism and athe development of mass politics
8. The people subdued: law and order in an urban setting
PART THREE: CONTINUITIES
9. People's pleasures
10. Rituals and ceremonies
11. Family life
Conclusion: continuity and change
Biography
James Walvin
