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The Diary

Author : Batsheva Ben-Amos
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 0253046955
Total Pages : 486 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (53 download)

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Download or read book The Diary written by Batsheva Ben-Amos and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2020-03-10 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The diary as a genre is found in all literate societies, and these autobiographical accounts are written by persons of all ranks and positions. The Diary offers an exploration of the form in its social, historical, and cultural-literary contexts with its own distinctive features, poetics, and rhetoric. The contributors to this volume examine theories and interpretations relating to writing and studying diaries; the formation of diary canons in the United Kingdom, France, United States, and Brazil; and the ways in which handwritten diaries are transformed through processes of publication and digitization. The authors also explore different diary formats, including the travel diary, the private diary, conflict diaries written during periods of crisis, and the diaries of the digital era, such as blogs. The Diary offers a comprehensive overview of the genre, synthesizing decades of interdisciplinary study to enrich our understanding of, research about, and engagement with the diary as literary form and historical documentation.

At Day's Close: Night in Times Past

Author : A. Roger Ekirch
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393344584
Total Pages : 481 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (933 download)

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Download or read book At Day's Close: Night in Times Past written by A. Roger Ekirch and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2006-10-17 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Remarkable.… Ekirch has emptied night's pockets, and laid the contents out before us." —Arthur Krystal, The New Yorker Bringing light to the shadows of history through a "rich weave of citation and archival evidence" (Publishers Weekly), scholar A. Roger Ekirch illuminates the aspects of life most often overlooked by other historians—those that unfold at night. In this "triumph of social history" (Mail on Sunday), Ekirch's "enthralling anthropology" (Harper's) exposes the nightlife that spawned a distinct culture and a refuge from daily life. Fear of crime, of fire, and of the supernatural; the importance of moonlight; the increased incidence of sickness and death at night; evening gatherings to spin wool and stories; masqued balls; inns, taverns, and brothels; the strategies of thieves, assassins, and conspirators; the protective uses of incantations, meditations, and prayers; the nature of our predecessors' sleep and dreams—Ekirch reveals all these and more in his "monumental study" (The Nation) of sociocultural history, "maintaining throughout an infectious sense of wonder" (Booklist).

Poisoning the Minds of the Lower Orders

Author : Don Herzog
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 069122837X
Total Pages : 577 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (912 download)

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Download or read book Poisoning the Minds of the Lower Orders written by Don Herzog and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2021-04-13 with total page 577 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Conservatism was born as an anguished attack on democracy. So argues Don Herzog in this arrestingly detailed exploration of England's responses to the French Revolution. Poisoning the Minds of the Lower Orders ushers the reader into the politically lurid world of Regency England. Deftly weaving social and intellectual history, Herzog brings to life the social practices of the Enlightenment. In circulating libraries and Sunday schools, deferential subjects developed an avid taste for reading; in coffeehouses, alehouses, and debating societies, they boldly dared to argue about politics. Such conservatives as Edmund Burke gaped with horror, fearing that what radicals applauded as the rise of rationality was really popular stupidity or worse. Subjects, insisted conservatives, ought to defer to tradition--and be comforted by illusions. Urging that abstract political theories are manifest in everyday life, Herzog unflinchingly explores the unsavory emotions that maintained and threatened social hierarchy. Conservatives dished out an unrelenting diet of contempt. But Herzog refuses to pretend that the day's radicals were saints. Radicals, he shows, invested in contempt as enthusiastically as did conservatives. Hairdressers became newly contemptible, even a cultural obsession. Women, workers, Jews, and blacks were all abused by their presumed superiors. Yet some of the lowly subjects Burke had the temerity to brand a swinish multitude fought back. How were England's humble subjects transformed into proud citizens? And just how successful was the transformation? At once history and political theory, absorbing and disquieting, Poisoning the Minds of the Lower Orders challenges our own commitments to and anxieties about democracy.

Experiences of Poverty in Late Medieval and Early Modern England and France

Author : Anne M. Scott
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317137868
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (171 download)

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Download or read book Experiences of Poverty in Late Medieval and Early Modern England and France written by Anne M. Scott and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-15 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exploring a range of poverty experiences-socioeconomic, moral and spiritual-this collection presents new research by a distinguished group of scholars working in the medieval and early modern periods. Collectively they explore both the assumptions and strategies of those in authority dealing with poverty and the ways in which the poor themselves tried to contribute to, exploit, avoid or challenge the systems for dealing with their situation. The studies demonstrate that poverty was by no means a simple phenomenon. It varied according to gender, age and geographical location; and the way it was depicted in speech, writing and visual images could as much affect how the poor experienced their poverty as how others saw and judged them. Using new sources-and adopting new approaches to known sources-the authors share insights into the management and the self-management of the poor, and search out aspects of the experience of poverty worthy of note, from which can be traced lasting influences on the continuing understanding and experience of poverty in pre-modern Europe.

The Rise and Fall of the Incomparable Liturgy

Author : Bryan D. Spinks
Publisher : SPCK
ISBN 13 : 0281076065
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (81 download)

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Download or read book The Rise and Fall of the Incomparable Liturgy written by Bryan D. Spinks and published by SPCK. This book was released on 2017-10-19 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘The Peace of God, which passeth all understanding, keep your hearts and minds in the knowledge and the love of God, and of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.’ The Book of Common Prayer, with local variations, is still used in churches inside and outside the Anglican Communion in over 50 countries and in over 150 languages. The Rise and Fall of the Incomparable Liturgy is the first study to trace the evolution and reception of the BCP, from the Elizabethan settlement of 1559 to the Royal Commission report of 1906, when work on a new prayer book was begun. Written by a world authority, here is an illuminating and highly readable account of the ascent and decline of a world classic, which still informs our common language as well as much of the great literature of the past four centuries. It will appeal not only to students of liturgy but also to general readers interested in history, literature, theology and cultural studies.

English Literature, Volume 2

Author : Louis A. Landa
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400877334
Total Pages : 721 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book English Literature, Volume 2 written by Louis A. Landa and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2015-12-08 with total page 721 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two volumes containing the annual bibliographies of 18th century scholarship published in the Philological Quarterly. "An excellent aid to the student of 18th century literature."—Saturday Review. Volume 2, 1939-1950, includes consolidated index for both volumes. Originally published in 1952. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

The Duke of Portland

Author : D. Wilkinson
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230595952
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book The Duke of Portland written by D. Wilkinson and published by Springer. This book was released on 2002-12-12 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Third Duke of Portland served twice as Prime Minster and had a long and distinguished political career from 1760s to the 1780s. This study details how he was transformed from a pillar of the grand Whiggery (he was the brother-in-law of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire) into the figurehead for would-be Tories. The book also examines how he played an important public role in many of the political crises of his era (including the French Revolution and the Union) as well as a hidden role in British history (he was involved in the secret service and political corruption).

Passions

Author : James M. Gabler
Publisher : Bacchus Press Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 9780961352530
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (525 download)

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Download or read book Passions written by James M. Gabler and published by Bacchus Press Ltd.. This book was released on 1995 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a biography of Thomas Jefferson at leisure, enjoying two of his passions--wine and travel. Twelve of the sixteen chapters cover Jefferson's five years in France where he served as our minister and traveled through France, England, Germany, Italy and Holland. "Passions" was selected by Robert M. Parker, Jr. as "1995 Wine Book of the Year," and was the winner of the 1995 "Veuve Clicquot Wine Book of the Year" competition. It is a marvelous account of America's first wine connoisseur and gourmet.--Amazon.com.

English Historical Documents

Author : A. Aspinall
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1040280374
Total Pages : 1171 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book English Historical Documents written by A. Aspinall and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-11-01 with total page 1171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: English Historical Documents is the most ambitious, impressive and comprehensive collection of documents on English history ever published. An authoritative work of primary evidence, each volume presents material with exemplary scholarly accuracy. Editorial comment is directed towards making sources intelligible rather than drawing conclusions from them. Full account has been taken of modern textual criticism. A general introduction to each volume portrays the character of the period under review and critical bibliographies have been added to assist further investigation. Documents collected include treaties, personal letters, statutes, military dispatches, diaries, declarations, newspaper articles, government and cabinet proceedings, orders, acts, sermons, pamphlets, agricultural instructions, charters, grants, guild regulations and voting records. Volumes are furnished with lavish extra apparatus including genealogical tables, lists of officials, chronologies, diagrams, graphs and maps.

Diary of Thomas Robbins, D. D., 1796-1854

Author : Thomas Robbins
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1076 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Diary of Thomas Robbins, D. D., 1796-1854 written by Thomas Robbins and published by . This book was released on 1886 with total page 1076 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

From the Deer to the Fox

Author : Mandy de Belin
Publisher : Univ of Hertfordshire Press
ISBN 13 : 1909291048
Total Pages : 173 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (92 download)

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Download or read book From the Deer to the Fox written by Mandy de Belin and published by Univ of Hertfordshire Press. This book was released on 2013-09-01 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between the 17th and 19th centuries, the sport of hunting was transformed: the principal prey changed from deer to fox, and the methods of pursuit were revolutionized. Questioning the traditional explanation of the hunting transition—namely that change in the landscape led to a decline of the deer population—this book explores the terrain of Northamptonshire during that time period and seeks alternative justifications. Arguing that the many changes that hunting underwent in England were directly related to the transformation of the hunting horse, this in-depth account demonstrates how the near-thoroughbred horse became the mount of choice for those who hunted in the shires. This book shows how, quite literally, the thrill of the chase drove the hunting transition.

British Masculinity in the 'Gentleman’s Magazine', 1731 to 1815

Author : Gillian Williamson
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137542330
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (375 download)

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Download or read book British Masculinity in the 'Gentleman’s Magazine', 1731 to 1815 written by Gillian Williamson and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-01-27 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Gentleman's Magazine was the leading eighteenth-century periodical. By integrating the magazine's history, readers and contents this study shows how 'gentlemanliness' was reshaped to accommodate their social and political ambitions.

Urban Workers in the Early Industrial Revolution

Author : Robert Glen
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000639843
Total Pages : 269 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book Urban Workers in the Early Industrial Revolution written by Robert Glen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-08-13 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title, first published in 1984, focuses primarily on the early Industrial Revolution (c. 1780-1820) in the Stockport district. As the Industrial Revolution in England was the first instance of successful industrialisation, it can still provide many social and economic lessons and also furnish essential evidence for continuing debate over ideology and theory. Therefore, this title will be of interest to students of both history and economics.

The Life and Work of William and Philip Hayes

Author : Simon Heighes
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135618100
Total Pages : 406 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (356 download)

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Download or read book The Life and Work of William and Philip Hayes written by Simon Heighes and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-04-08 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 1996. William and Philip Hayes, father and son, between them occupied the Heather Chair of Music at the University of Oxford for over half a century (1741-97). Although they lived and worked largely outside the mainstream of London's cosmopolitan musical life, their outlook was surprisingly broad. The present study reveals them to have been two of the most important provincial musicians of their age, who as composers contributed to all the main genres of the time except opera.

Perilous Question

Author : Antonia Fraser
Publisher : PublicAffairs
ISBN 13 : 1610393325
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book Perilous Question written by Antonia Fraser and published by PublicAffairs. This book was released on 2013-05-07 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Antonia Fraser's Perilous Question is a dazzling re-creation of the tempestuous two-year period in Britain's history leading up to the passing of the Great Reform Bill in 1832, a narrative which at times reads like a political thriller. The era, beginning with the accession of William IV, is evoked in the novels of Trollope and Thackeray, and described by the young Charles Dickens as a cub reporter. It is lit with notable characters. The reforming heroes are the Whig aristocrats led by Lord Grey, members of the richest and most landed cabinet in history yet determined to bring liberty, which would whittle away their own power, to the country. The all-too-conservative opposition was headed by the Duke of Wellington, supported by the intransigent Queen Adelaide, with hereditary memories of the French Revolution. Finally, there were revolutionaries, like William Cobbett, the author of Rural Rides, the radical tailor Francis Place, and Thomas Attwood of Birmingham, the charismatic orator. The contest often grew violent. There were urban riots put down by soldiers and agricultural riots led by the mythical Captain Swing. The underlying grievance was the fate of the many disfranchised people. They were ignored by a medieval system of electoral representation that gave, for example, no votes to those who lived in the new industrial cities of Manchester, Leeds, Sheffield, and Birmingham, while allocating two parliamentary representatives to a village long since fallen into the sea and, most notoriously, Old Sarum, a green mound in a field. Lord John Russell, a Whig minister, said long afterwards that it was the only period when he genuinely felt popular revolution threatened the country. The Duke of Wellington declared intractably in November 1830 that "The beginning of reform is the beginning of revolution." So it seemed that disaster must fall on the British Parliament, or the monarchy, or both. The question was: Could a rotten system reform itself in time? On June 7, 1832, the date of the extremely reluctant royal assent by William IV to the Great Reform Bill, it did. These events led to a total change in the way Britain was governed, and set the stage for its growth as the world's most successful industrial power; admired, among other things, for its traditions of good governance -- a two-year revolution that Antonia Fraser brings to vivid dramatic life.

A Georgian Gent & Co

Author : Dorothy Bentley Smith
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 696 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (555 download)

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Download or read book A Georgian Gent & Co written by Dorothy Bentley Smith and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 696 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Encapsulates, through the business and social connections of Charles Roe of Macclesfield and his son, William. This book highlights important families in Manchester, Liverpool, Chester and elsewhere. This is the story of Charles William Roe of Charles Roe & Co, copper manufacturers of Macclesfield. It is illustrated throughout.

Routledge Library Editions: Industrial Revolution

Author : Various Authors
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351670166
Total Pages : 2462 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (516 download)

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Download or read book Routledge Library Editions: Industrial Revolution written by Various Authors and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-03-11 with total page 2462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The volumes in this set, originally published between 1967 and 1997, draw together research by leading academics in the area of the industrial revolution and provides an examination of related key issues. The volumes examine urban workers and the working class in the eighteenth- and nineteenth-centuries, economic growth during the industrial revolution, and the causes of the industrial revolution, with a primary focus on England. This set will be of particular interest to students of history, business and economics.