296 Pages
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Routledge
296 Pages
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Routledge
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Social and cultural studies are experiencing a 'spatial turn'. Micro-sites, localities, empires as well as virtual or imaginary spaces attract increasing attention. In most of these works, space emerges as a social construct rather than a mere container. This collection examines the potential and limitations of spatial approaches for the political history of pre-industrial Europe. Adopting a broad... Read more
Preface, James C. Scott; Introduction, Beat Kümin; Part I Political Sites; Chapter 1 Representing Political Space at a Political Site, Henry J. Cohn; Chapter 2 The Princely Court and Political Space in Early Modern Europe, Ronald G. Asch; Chapter 3 Drinking Houses and the Politics of Surveillance in Pre-industrial Southampton, James R. Brown; Chapter 4 Politics, Clubs and Social Space in Pre-industrial Europe, Peter Clark; Chapter 5 Political Spaces and Parliamentary Enclosure in an Upland Context, Ian D. Whyte; Part II Spatial Politics; Chapter 6 Political and Geographical Space, Christine Carpenter; Chapter 7 Social Space and Urban Conflict, Alexander Schlaak; Chapter 8 The Spatial Dynamics of Parish Politics, Steve Hindle, Beat Kümin; Chapter 9 Petitioning Places and the Credibility of Opinion in the Public Sphere in Seventeenth-Century England, David Zaret; Chapter 10 Which Switzerland? Contrasting Conceptions of the Early Modern Swiss Confederation in European Minds and Maps, Andreas Würgler; Chapter 11 Outwitting Power, Tobias B. Hug; Part III Outlook; Chapter 12 Comment from a Historical Perspective, Bernard Capp; Chapter 13 Spaces in Theory, Spaces in History and Spatial Historiographies, Mike Crang;
Biography
Professor Beat Kümin is Director of Research, Department of History, University of Warwick, UK.
