Popular Culture and Custom in Nineteenth-Century England

Popular Culture and Custom in Nineteenth-Century England
Author: Robert D. Storch
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2016-06-17
Genre: History
ISBN: 1317215214

First published in 1982, this book is concerned with the tensions between continuity and change in customs, rituals, beliefs of artisans, factory workers and sections of the lower middle classes in the nineteenth century. It explores a range of factors which contributed to changes in custom, including the effects of urbanisation, conflict over the use of public land, new conceptions of public order, the decline of the oral tradition and the growth of a new recreational nexus in the larger cities. Drawing on material from all parts of the British Isles, the book demonstrates the enormous variety and diversity of popular tradition. This book will be of interest to those studying Victorian history.

The Structure of Nineteenth Century Cities

The Structure of Nineteenth Century Cities
Author: James H Johnson
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 255
Release: 2021-06-29
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1000383504

When this book was first published in 1982, despite considerable research on 19th Century towns in Britain and America, there had been little attempt to search for links between these empirical studies and to relate them more to more general theories of 19th Century urban development. The book provides an integrated series of chapters which discuss trends and research problems in the study of 19th Century cities. It will be of value to researchers in urban geography, social history and historical geography.

Revolutionary Europe 1780–1850

Revolutionary Europe 1780–1850
Author: Jonathan Sperber
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 611
Release: 2017-04-21
Genre: History
ISBN: 1351807447

Jonathan Sperber’s Revolutionary Europe 1780–1850 is a history of Europe in the age of the French Revolution, from the end of the old regime to the outcome of the revolutions of 1848. Fully revised and updated, this second edition provides a continent-wide history of the key political events and social transformation that took place within this turbulent period, extending as far as their effects within the European colonial society of the Caribbean. Key features include analyses of the movement from society’s old regime of orders to a civil society of property owners; the varied consequences of rapid population increase and the spread of market relations in the economy; and the upshot of these changes for political life, from violent revolutions and warfare to dramatic reforms and peaceful mass movements a lively account of the events of the period and a thorough analysis of the political, cultural and socioeconomic transformations that shaped them a look into the lives of ordinary people amidst the social and economic developments of the time a range of maps depicting the developments in Europe’s geographic scope between 1789 and 1848, including for the 1820, 1830 and 1848 revolutions. Revolutionary Europe 1780–1850 is the perfect introduction for students of the history of the French Revolution and the history of Europe more broadly.

The Poor in Western Europe in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries

The Poor in Western Europe in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
Author: Stuart Woolf
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 171
Release: 2016-09-19
Genre: History
ISBN: 1315512475

First published in 1986, this book examines poverty and changing attitudes towards the poor and charity across England, France and Italy. It discusses the causes of poverty and the distinctions between the poor and the class-conscious proletariat. Taking early nineteenth-century Italy as a special study, it uses the exceptionally rich documentary sources from this time to examine such issues as charity, repression, the reasons why families suffered poverty and what strategies they adopted for survival. In this study, Stuart Woolf takes full account of recent work in historical demography and in sociological studies of poverty and the welfare state to produce this original and thoughtful work. This book will be of interest to those studying the history of poverty, class and the welfare state.

The Mediterranean Response to Globalization Before 1950

The Mediterranean Response to Globalization Before 1950
Author: Sevket Pamuk
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 449
Release: 2000-03-23
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1134592108

The studies in this exceptional volume explore the challenges and opportunities presented by globalization events prior to 1950, and identify how countries around the Mediterranean responded to them. In addition to comparative assessments of regional performance, the volume offers detailed case studies of Spain, Italy, the Balkans, Turkey, Israel and Egypt.

Artisans and Politics in Early Nineteenth-Century London (Routledge Revivals)

Artisans and Politics in Early Nineteenth-Century London (Routledge Revivals)
Author: Iorwerth Prothero
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 435
Release: 2013-10-14
Genre: History
ISBN: 1136163867

First published in 1979, this book was the first, full-length study of working-class movements in London between 1800 and the beginnings of Chartism in the later 1830s. The leaders and rank and file in these movements were almost invariably artisans, and this book examines the position of the skilled artisan in politics. Starting from the social ideals, outlook and the experience of the London artisan, Dr Prothero describes trade union, political, co-operative, educational and intellectual movements in the first forty years of the century. Setting a scene of alternating growth and contraction in trade, successive hostile governments and the increasing articulation of working-class consciousness the author shows that artisans could be no less militant, radical or anti-capitalist than other groups of working class men.

Society and Economy in Modern Britain 1700-1850

Society and Economy in Modern Britain 1700-1850
Author: Richard Brown
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 496
Release: 2002-11-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 1134982771

For both contemporaries and later historians the Industrial Revolution is viewed as a turning point' in modern British history. There is no doubt that change occurred, but what was the nature of that change and how did affect rural and urban society? Beginning with an examination of the nature of history and Britain in 1700, this volume focuses on the economic and social aspects of the Industrial Revolution. Unlike many previous textbooks on the same period, it emphasizes British history, and deals with developments in Wales, Scotland, and Ireland in their own right. It is the emphasis on the diversity, not the uniformity of experience, on continuities as well as change in this crucial period of development, which makes this volume distinctive. In his companion title Richard Brown completes his examination of the period and looks at the changes that took place in Britain's political system and in its religious affiliations.

Work and Revolution in France

Work and Revolution in France
Author: William H. Sewell, Jr
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 356
Release: 1980-10-31
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780521299510

Sewell synthesizes the material on the social history of the French labor movement from its formative period to the first half of the 19th century. Centers on the Revolutions of 1789, 1830 and 1848.

Planters, Paupers, and Pioneers

Planters, Paupers, and Pioneers
Author: Lucille H. Campey
Publisher: Dundurn
Total Pages: 474
Release: 2010-08-30
Genre: History
ISBN: 1459705084

The first in a series of three titles on The English in Canada, this book focuses on factors that brought the English to Canada, tracing the English arrivals to the various settlements. Drawing on wide-raging documentary resources, this book is essential reading for individuals wishing to trace English and Canadian family links.