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The Writing of Urban Histories in Eighteenth-Century England

The Writing of Urban Histories in Eighteenth-Century England

Hardcover

Series: Oxford Historical Monographs

General SociologyBritish History

ISBN10: 0198206690
ISBN13: 9780198206699
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Published: Oct 2 1997
Pages: 368
Weight: 1.35
Height: 0.94 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
This book uses the genre of urban histories to examine aspects of culture, society, and politics in eighteenth-century towns in England. Sweet looks particularly at questions of civic pride and the creation of urban identity. Urban history and antiquarian scholarship were popular pursuits among polite society, and their study offers an unique insight into the cultural history of the period.

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