From Family History to Community History

Klappentext A major new initiative designed to stimulate and develop personal research in family and community history. Zusammenfassung This volume explores population movements! spatial divisions and social structures in town and countryside! and gives pointers as to the meaning of 'community'. Regional settings! the idea of 'place'! and changes over time are also examined! with special attention being paid to the patterns and the processes of all forms of migration. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of figures and tables; Contributors; Preface; Introduction W. T. R. Pryce; Part I. People on the Move: 1. Studying migration W. T. R. Pryce and Michael Drake; 2. Aspects of English, Welsh, Scottish and Irish migrations W. T. R. Pryce and Ian Donnachie; 3. Movements into the British Isles: three complementary perspectives Monica Shelley, Peter Braham and Ruth Finnegan; 4. Using quantitive and cartographic techniques; two examples W. T. R. Pryce; Part II. Place and Community: 5. Towns and their regional settings W. T. R. Pryce; 6. Towns and villages: social divisions and spatial patterns; 7. Staying and Moving: links between migration and community Ruth Finnegan and Brenda Collins; Part III. Community And Territoriality: an Illustration: 8. Jewish East London, 1850-1950 David Englander; Part IV. Reflecting on the Issues: 9. Community and community history Ruth Finnegan and W. T. R. Pryce; Exercises: answers and comments; Acknowledgements; Index.

Product details

• Authors: W. T. R. Pryce, W. T. R. (The Open University Pryce, W.t.r. Pryce
• Assisted by: Ruth H. Finnegan (Editor), W. T. Pryce (Editor), W. T. R. Pryce (Editor), W. T. R. (The Open University Pryce (Editor), W.t.r. Pryce (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.05.1994
• EAN: 9780521460026
• ISBN: 978-0-521-46002-6
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Studying Family & Community Hi; Studying Family and Community History; Studying Family & Community Hi; Studying Family and Community
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Family; Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous