Early Modern England
A Social History 1550-1760
Bloomsbury Academic · Print & ebook · August 29, 1997
Widely praised and consistently popular since its first publication in 1987, Early Modern England now reflects in this new edition the invigorating and substantial changes that have swept the field over the past decade and more.
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- Who it’s for
- A social history of England, joining established concerns with newer historical questions.
- Genres
- Tudor & Elizabethan Britain, 17th-Century History, British History
- Published
- Bloomsbury Academic, August 29, 1997
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Widely praised and consistently popular since its first publication in 1987, Early Modern England now reflects in this new edition the invigorating and substantial changes that have swept the field over the past decade and more. It combines consideration of more traditional concerns of social history with investigation of the newer items on the agenda of historians. The result is a masterly study, providing the only up-to-date interpretation available for the period.
England’s Social History
A social history of England, joining established concerns with newer historical questions.
Come here for
- Traditional concerns of social history
- Newer questions on historians’ agenda
Expect
- An interpretation of the period through social history
Where it sits
| 17th-Century History | 59% |
|---|---|
| Tudor & Elizabethan Britain | 34% |
| British History | 29% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- History
- Authors
- J Sharpe, James Sharpe
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Academic
- Published
- August 29, 1997
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- History