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Essays in the Cultural and Social History of Early Modern London C. 1500- C.1750
Events such as the fire of London and the Plague, and locations like the Globe, are part of our 'national heritage' however until recently the history of London between 1500 and 1750 has been little studied. As a city London underwent exceptional changes - its population soared from around 50,000 in 1500 to approximately 200,000 in 1600 and by 1700 it was nearly half a million. Covering the themes of polis and the police, gender and sexuality, space and place, and material culture and consumption the book encounters thieves, prostitutes, litigious wives, the poor, disease, 'great quantities of gooseberry pye' and the very taxing question of f…
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Weitere Autoren: Jenner, Mark (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-0-7190-5152-4
- EAN: 9780719051524
- Produktnummer: 1777839
- Verlag: Manchester University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2001
- Seitenangabe: 300 S.
- Masse: H23.4 cm x B15.6 cm x D1.6 cm 453 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 453
Über den Autor
Paul Griffiths is Professor of British History, Iowa State University. Mark S. R. Jenner is Lecturer in History at the University of York
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