The world we have lost : further explored
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The world we have lost : further explored
Routledge, 2000
3rd ed
- : pbk
- : pbk, digital printing
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Includes bibliographical reference (p. [341]-346) and index
Reprint of the 3rd ed. published in 1983 by Methuen, London
"Preface to the reissue, 2000" -- (p. [ix]-xiv)
Description and Table of Contents
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: pbk ISBN 9780415228336
Description
This updated re-issue of the third edition has been able to take account of the enormous amount of research which has been published since the second enabling Peter Laslett to draw a much more detailed picture and reach fuller conclusions.
The World We Have Lost is a pioneering work in a new field of enquiry - the study of family and class, kinship and community in England after the Middle Ages and before the changes brought about by the Industrial Revolution.
The book explores:
*size and structure of families in pre-industrial England
*the number and position of servants in different households
*rates of migration
*ability to read and write
*the size and constituency of villages, cities and classes
*conditions of work
*social mobility.
For all students of early modern history, this is a book that demands a place on their reading list.
Table of Contents
1. English Society Before and After the Coming of Industry 2. A One-Class Society 3. The Village Community 4. Misbeliefs about our Ancestors 5. Births, Marriages and Deaths 6. Did the Peasants Really Starve? 7. Personal Discipline and Social Survival 8. Social Change and Revolution in the Traditional World 9. The Pattern of Authority and our Political Heritage 10. The Politics of Exclusion and the Rule of an Elite 11. After the Transformation 12. Understanding Ourselves in Time
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: pbk, digital printing ISBN 9780415315272
Description
The World We Have Lost is a seminal work in the study of family and class, kinship and community in England after the Middle Ages and before the changes brought about by the Industrial Revolution. The book explores the size and structure of families in pre-industrial England, the number and position of servants, the elite minority of gentry, rates of migration, the ability to read and write, the size and constituency of villages, cities and classes, conditions of work and social mobility.
Table of Contents
1. English Society Before and After the Coming of Industry 2. A One-Class Society 3. The Village Community 4. Misbeliefs about our Ancestors 5. Births, Marriages and Deaths 6. Did the Peasants Really Starve? 7. Personal Discipline and Social Survival 8. Social Change and Revolution in the Traditional World 9. The Pattern of Authority and our Political Heritage 10. The Politics of Exclusion and the Rule of an Elite 11. After the Transformation 12. Understanding Ourselves in Time
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