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  • The Eighteenth-Century Town

    A Reader in English Urban History 1688-1820

    by Peter Borsay ...
    Series series Readers In English Urban History
    The eighteenth century represents a critical period in the transition of the English urban history, as the town of the early modern era involved into that of the industrial revolution; and since Britain was the 'first industrial nation', this transformation is of more-than-national significance for all those interested in the histroy of towns. This book gathers together in one volume some of the ... Read more

    $84.99 USD

  • A Cultural History of Leisure in the Age of Enlightenment

    Edited by Professor Peter Borsay, Prof. Jan Hein Furnée ...
    Series series The Cultural Histories Series
    In the Age of Enlightenment (1650-1800) the word 'leisure' had a limited presence in intellectual discourse, but in public debates about related concepts such as pleasure and luxury modern practices of and attitudes towards leisure were increasingly discussed. Not surprisingly, as leisure acquired an increasing presence in the economy and in the patterns of people's lives.Between low cost popular ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • A History of Leisure

    The British Experience since 1500

    by Professor Peter Borsay ...
    Leisure is a key aspect of modern living. How did our ancestors experience recreation in the past, and how does this relate to the present? To answer these questions, Peter Borsay examines the history of leisure in Britain over the past 500 years, analysing elements of both continuity and change.A History of Leisure- Explores a range of pastimes, from festive culture and music to tourism and sport ... Read more

    $38.89 USD

  • Leisure cultures in urban Europe, c.1700–1870

    A transnational perspective

    Edited by Peter Borsay, Jan Hein Furnee ...
    Series series Studies in Popular Culture
    This collection of essays examines the history of urban leisure cultures in Europe during the transition from the early modern to the modern period. Bringing together research on a wide variety of activities – from the theatre and art exhibitions to spas, seaside resorts and games – it develops a new scholarly agenda for the history of leisure, focusing on the complex processes of cultural ... Read more

    $93.59 USD

  • Resorts and Ports

    European Seaside Towns since 1700

    Edited by Prof. Peter Borsay, Prof. John K. Walton ...
    Series Book 29 - Tourism and Cultural Change
    Histories of seaports and coastal resorts have usually been kept in separate compartments. This book brings them together and looks at how resort development affected historic ports during the rise and development of the seaside holiday in Europe from the 18th century to the 20th, and what the attributes of ports (fishing, harbour crafts, the whiff of the exotic, fishermen’s homes and families) ... Read more

    $23.79 USD

  • The Invention of the English Landscape

    c. 1700-1939

    by Rosemary Sweet, Professor Peter Borsay ...
    Since at least the Reformation, English men and women have been engaged in visiting, exploring and portraying, in words and images, the landscape of their nation. The Invention of the English Landscape examines these journeys and investigations to explore how the natural and historic English landscape was reconfigured to become a widely enjoyed cultural and leisure resource.Peter Borsay considers ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

  • Medicine, Charity and Mutual Aid

    The Consumption of Health and Welfare in Britain, c.1550–1950

    by Peter Shapely ...
    The history of the voluntary sector in British towns and cities has received increasing scholarly attention in recent years. Nevertheless, whilst there have been a number of valuable contributions looking at issues such as charity as a key welfare provider, charity and medicine, and charity and power in the community, there has been no book length exploration of the role and position of the ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

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    by Linda Colley ...
    The United Kingdom; Great Britain; the British Isles; the Home Nations: such a wealth of different names implies uncertainty and contention - and an ability to invent and adjust. In a year that sees a Scottish referendum on independence, Linda Colley analyses some of the forces that have unified Britain in the past.She examines the mythology of Britishness, and how far - and why - it has faded. ... Read more

    $9.69 USD

  • The Cambridge Social History of Modern Ireland

    Edited by Eugenio F. Biagini, Mary E. Daly ...
    Covering three centuries of unprecedented demographic and economic changes, this textbook is an authoritative and comprehensive view of the shaping of Irish society, at home and abroad, from the famine of 1740 to the present day. The first major work on the history of modern Ireland to adopt a social history perspective, it focuses on the experiences and agency of Irish men, women and children, ... Read more

    $36.09 USD

  • Class Struggle and the Industrial Revolution

    Early Industrial Capitalism in Three English Towns

    by John Foster ...
    Class Struggle and the Industrial Revolution represents both a continuation of, and a stark contrast to, the impressive tradition of social history which has grown up in Britain in the last two decades. Its use of sophisticated quantitative techniques for the dissection of urban social structures will serve as a model for subsequent research workers. This work examines the impact of ... Read more

    $60.99 USD

  • A Social History of England, 1500–1750

    Edited by Keith Wrightson ...
    Series series A Social History of England
    The rise of social history has had a transforming influence on the history of early modern England. It has broadened the historical agenda to include many previously little-studied, or wholly neglected, dimensions of the English past. It has also provided a fuller context for understanding more established themes in the political, religious, economic and intellectual histories of the period. This ... Read more

    $32.79 USD

  • The Birth of Industrial Britain

    1750-1850

    by Kenneth Morgan ...
    Series series Seminar Studies
    The Industrial Revolution had a profound and lasting effect on socioeconomic and cultural conditions in Britain.The Birth of Industrial Britain examines the impact of early industrialisation on British society in the century before 1850, coinciding with Britains transition from a late pre-industrial economy to one based on industrialisation and urbanisation.This fully revised and updated second ... Read more

    $58.99 USD