Towns in Tudor and Stuart Britain
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Towns in Tudor and Stuart Britain
（Social history in perspective）
Macmillan Press, 1996
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- : pbk
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Bibliography: p. 220-222
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
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: hc ISBN 9780333610824
Description
Why should one study urban history? Were towns the precipitating element for change in the human way of life? By examining in turn various aspects of urban history in the period 1500-1700 this book will attempt to examine recent historical ideas about towns in Britain. Was the urban system in Britain a relative failure or a comparative success? What changes took place in the level of urbanization in Britain? What were the dynamics of change? What explains the appearance of new towns and the decline of once flourishing settlements? Was the growing size of some towns fuelled by new or considerably altered functions? Towns in Tudor and Stuart Britain provides students with a wide range of material on a fascinating subject.
Table of Contents
Introduction: A History Overview - Theory and Practice - Place, Space and Time - Social Structure and Social Experience in the Town - Urban Wealth and Townsmen's Wealth - Controlling Towns - Religion in the Town - The Town in the Kingdom - The Town and the Region - The Capitals - Urbanization - Hierarchy and Network - Conclusions - Index
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: pbk ISBN 9780333610831
Description
Why should one study urban history? Were towns the precipitating element for change in the human way of life? By examining in turn various aspects of urban history in the period 1500-1700 this book attempts to examine recent historical ideas about towns in Britain. Was the urban system in Britain a relative failure or a comparative success? What changes took place in the level of urbanization in Britain? What were the dynamics of change? What explains the appearance of new towns and the decline of once flourishing settlements? Was the growing size of some towns fuelled by new or considerably altered functions? Towns in Tudor and Stuart Britain provides students with a wide range of material on a fascinating subject.
Table of Contents
Introduction: A History Overview Theory and Practice Place, Space and Time.- Social Structure and Social Experience in the Town.- Urban Wealth and Townsmen's.- Wealth Controlling Towns.- Religion in the Town.- The Town in the Kingdom.- The Town and the Region.- The Capitals Urbanization.- Hierarchy and Network.- Conclusions.- Index.
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