Middling Sort

"A very full, nuanced, up-to-date, and lucidly expressed account. . . . The discussion is impressively wide-ranging (spanning cultural, economic, intellectual, social, and women's history), and makes valuable contributions to a number of current debates."—Johann Sommerville

About the author

Margaret R. Hunt is Associate Professor of History and Women's and Gender Studies at Amherst College.

Summary

To be one of 'the middling sort' in urban England in the late seventeenth or eighteenth century was to live a life tied, one way or another, to the world of commerce. This study offers a view of middling society during the hundred years that separated the Glorious Revolution from the factory age.

Product details

• Authors: M. R. Hunt, Margaret R. Hunt, Hunt Margaret R.
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.11.1996
• EAN: 9780520202603
• ISBN: 978-0-520-20260-3
• No. of pages: 358
• Dimensions: 162 mm x 236 mm x 28 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; England, European History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Marriage & Family, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Georgian Era (1714-1837), HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Stuart Era (1603-1714), Economic history, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, British & Irish history, Sociology: family & relationships, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Social and cultural history, Gender studies, gender groups, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Social classes, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Sociology: family and relationships, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, C 1600 To C 1700, C 1700 To C 1800