The Rise of the English Town, 1650-1850

by Christopher Chalklin

Overview

This volume examines the growth and development of English towns in the critical period between 1650 and 1850. Christopher Chalklin surveys market and county towns, port and manufacturing centers, new dockyard towns, spas and seaside resorts. He discusses house and public building, education, work and leisure activities, public duties and politics, and contrasts the emerging middle classes with the artisan and laboring masses. This concise study draws especially on recent publications incorporating new knowledge and interpretations. It will be a valuable resource for students of economic, social and urban history.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521667371
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	01/04/2001
Series:	New Studies in Economic and Social History , #43
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	118
Product dimensions:	5.55(w) x 8.54(h) x 0.35(d)

Table of Contents

1. The rise of urban England, 1650–1750; 2. The expansion of English towns, 1750–1850; 3. Some general aspects of urban life; 4. The building of towns; 5. The elite and middling people and their social background; 6. The elite and middling people: entertainments, social relations and public duties; 7. The lower orders; Conclusion.

Editorial Reviews

"Dr. Chalkin achieves the notable feat of compressing two hundred years of urban history into less than eighty pages of text. Particularly welcome, and reflecting one of Chalkin's particular areas of expertise, is a wide-ranging chapter devoted to the construction of towns: their physical fabric, how building was undertaken, and who paid for it." H-Net Reviews

"this is a book that will prove very useful to students approaching the subject for the first time...remarkably detailed" EH.NET Oct 2001

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