1st Edition
The English Town, 1680-1840 Government, Society and Culture
By Rosemary Sweet
Copyright 1999
302 Pages
by
Routledge
302 Pages
by
Routledge
302 Pages
by
Routledge
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An impressively thorough exploration of the changing functions, character and experience of English towns in a key age of transition which includes smaller communities as well as the larger industrialising towns. Among the issues examined are demography, social stratification, manners, religion, gender, dissent, amenities and entertainment, and the resilience of provincial culture in the face of the growing influence of London. At its heart is an authoritative study of urban politics: the structures of authority, the realities of civic administration, and the general movement for reform that climaxed in the Municipal Corporations Act of 1835.
Chapter 1 Introduction, Rosemary Sweet; Chapter 2 The Structures of Authority, Rosemary Sweet; Chapter 3 Urban Administration, Rosemary Sweet; Chapter 4 The Divided Society, Rosemary Sweet; Chapter 5 Urban Government and the Movement for Reform, Rosemary Sweet; Chapter 6 Social Structure and Social Experience, Rosemary Sweet; Chapter 7 Urban Culture and the Urban Renaissance, Rosemary Sweet; Chapter 8 Conclusion: Metropolitan Influence or Provincial Identity?, Rosemary Sweet;
Biography
Rosemary Sweet