The English Town, 1680-1840
Government, Society and Culture
Themes In British Social History Series

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Language: English

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An impressively thorough exploration of the changing functions, character and experience of English towns in a key age of transition which includes smaller communities as well as the larger industrialising towns. Among the issues examined are demography, social stratification, manners, religion, gender, dissent, amenities and entertainment, and the resilience of provincial culture in the face of the growing influence of London. At its heart is an authoritative study of urban politics: the structures of authority, the realities of civic administration, and the general movement for reform that climaxed in the Municipal Corporations Act of 1835.
Chapter 1 Introduction, Rosemary Sweet; Chapter 2 The Structures of Authority, Rosemary Sweet; Chapter 3 Urban Administration, Rosemary Sweet; Chapter 4 The Divided Society, Rosemary Sweet; Chapter 5 Urban Government and the Movement for Reform, Rosemary Sweet; Chapter 6 Social Structure and Social Experience, Rosemary Sweet; Chapter 7 Urban Culture and the Urban Renaissance, Rosemary Sweet; Chapter 8 Conclusion: Metropolitan Influence or Provincial Identity?, Rosemary Sweet;
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Rosemary Sweet
  • Contains an authoritative account of urban politics - the structures and institutions of authority, their purpose and function, the realities of civic administration, and the general movement for reform that climaxed in the Municipal Corporations Act of 1835.
  • Considers the aftermath of the 1835 Act - doing justice to the transition from the Georgian to the Victorian town which is often left under-explored.
  • Reviews a number of historiographical debates on urban issues - among them the emergence of the middle class, the place of religion in daily life, the urban renaissance, and the nature of urban identity.
  • Challenges the conventional idea of London's dominant influence over the cultural life of provincial towns, and concludes that provincial urban culture was a much str