Hubbub: Filth, Noise, and Stench in England, 1600-1770

by Emily Cockayne

Overview

A not-for-the-squeamish journey back through the centuries to urban England, where the streets are crowded, noisy, filthy, and reeking of smoke and decay

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780300254761
Publisher:	Yale University Press
Publication date:	07/20/2021
Pages:	368
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Emily Cockayne is senior lecturer, University of East Anglia (UEA), UK.

Editorial Reviews

"Relatively little work of this kind exists for earlier periods. . . . [A] remarkable book. . . . Hubbub is a work of impressive erudition and insight. it deserves to be widely read by everyone with an interest in urban, environmental, or early modern British history."—Peter Thorsheim, The Historian

The Historian - Peter Thorsheim

". . . . Cockayne's prose is clear, free of jargon, and interspersed with rich quotations drawn from a wide array of primary sources. . . . An excellent study of English urban life in all its filth and stench."—A. Roger Ekirch, American Historical Review

American Historical Review - A. Roger Ekirch

"Relatively little work of this kind exists for earlier periods. . . . [A] remarkable book. . . . Hubbub is a work of impressive erudition and insight. it deserves to be widely read by everyone with an interest in urban, environmental, or early modern British history."—Peter Thorsheim, The Historian

— Peter Thorsheim

The Historian

". . . . Cockayne''s prose is clear, free of jargon, and interspersed with rich quotations drawn from a wide array of primary sources. . . . An excellent study of English urban life in all its filth and stench."—A. Roger Ekirch, American Historical Review

— A. Roger Ekirch

American Historical Review