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The English Urban Renaissance: Culture and Society in the Provincial Town 1660-1770

The English Urban Renaissance: Culture and Society in the Provincial Town 1660-1770

Borsay, Peter

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Series: Oxford Studies in Social History

General SociologyGeneral World HistoryBritish History

ISBN10: 0198202555
ISBN13: 9780198202554
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Published: Jun 13 1991
Pages: 438
Weight: 1.33
Height: 1.07 Width: 5.39 Depth: 8.51
Language: English
In the century after the Restoration of 1660, English provincial towns experienced a cultural renaissance. This book offers a guide to the most striking features of that revival: the transformation of the urban landscape under the influence of classical architecture and the emergent forces of planning, and a remarkable expansion in the provision of fashionable public leisure. Drawing on a variety of disciplines, including architecture, music, historical geography, English literature, urban studies and history, the book concentrates on the interaction between urban culture and society as a whole. It sheds new light not only on the development of the early modern town, but also on the relatively neglected history of England between the Civil War and the Industrial Revolution.

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