World we have lost (paper) (4^th Ed.)
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lEM>The World We Have Lost l/EM>is a seminal work in the study of family and class, kinship and community in England after the Middle Ages and before the changes brought about by the Industrial Revolution. The book explores the size and structure of families in pre-industrial England, the number and position of servants, the elite minority of gentry, rates of migration, the ability to read and write, the size and constituency of villages, cities and classes, conditions of work and social mobility.

List of Illustrations.anbsp, Preface to the Reissue. anbsp,Introduction to the Third Edition.anbsp, Introduction to the Frst Edition anbsp,1. English Society Before and After the Coming of Industryanbsp, 2. A One-class Societyanbsp, 3. The Village Communityanbsp, 4. Misbeliefs about our Ancestorsanbsp, 5. Births, Marriages and Deathsanbsp, 6. Did the Peasants Really Starve?anbsp, 7. Personal Discipline and Social Survivalanbsp, 8. Social Change and Revolution in the Traditional Worldanbsp, 9. The Pattern of Authority and our Political Heritageanbsp, 10. The Politics of Exclusion and the rule of an Eliteanbsp, 11. After the Transformationanbsp, 12. Understanding Ourselves in Timeanbsp, General Note.anbsp, Notes to the Text.anbsp, List of Authorities.anbsp, Index.

lI>The World We Have Lost l/I>is a seminal work in the study of family and class, kinship and community in England after the Middle Ages and before the changes brought about by the Industrial Revolution.