Social & Cultural History

In this lively social history, first published in 1988, Lionel Rose explores in detail the plight of the street poor between 1815 and 1985. This title will be of interest to students of history, criminology and sociology...

This book offers a new perspective on the social history of twentieth-century Europe by investigating the ideals and ideas, the life worlds and ideologies that emerge behind the use of the concept of community. It explores a wide variety of actors, ranging from the tenants of London council estates ..

This book offers a new perspective on the social history of twentieth-century Europe by investigating the ideals and ideas, the life worlds and ideologies that emerge behind the use of the concept of community. It explores a wide variety of actors, ranging from the tenants of London council estates ..

Sound studies has emerged as a major academic field in recent times. However, much of this material remains ahistorical or focused on technological advances of sound. This book departs from previous studies by drawing out connections between sound, memory and the senses, and how they emerge within a..

Field names are not only interesting in themselves, but also a rich source of information about the communities originating them. This is a pioneering history, by the author of the standard Dictionary of Field Names...

Field names are not only interesting in themselves, but also a rich source of information about the communities originating them. This is a pioneering history, by the author of the standard Dictionary of Field Names...

First published in 1905, this book charts the history of English philanthropy from the Elizabethan period through to the nineteenth century. In doing so, Benjamin Kirkman Gray posed some important questions about modern philanthropy, and reflected on the meaning and worth of philanthropy. Through hi..

First published in 1905, this book charts the history of English philanthropy from the Elizabethan period through to the nineteenth century. In doing so, Benjamin Kirkman Gray posed some important questions about modern philanthropy, and reflected on the meaning and worth of philanthropy. Through hi..

This wide-ranging single-volume collection presents the accounts of Yorkists and Lancastrians, Protestants and Catholics, and Roundheads and Cavaliers side by side to illustrate England's difficult transition from the medieval to the modern._x000D_ _x000D_..

This book covers the social history of disability in the Middle Ages. By exploring cultural discourses of medieval disability, the volume opens up the subject of disability history prior to the modern period. The wealth, variety and significance of sources inform how law, work, age and charity affec..

Traces the development of medical practice from the Industrial Revolution to the twentieth century. Drawing on a wide range of source material, it charts the changing relationship between patient and practitioner...

Traces the rise and fall of rural England from the Middle Ages to the Second World War and the nature of the changes which have occurred...