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Informationen zum Autor K. D. M. Snell is Professor of Rural and Cultural History, Centre for English Local History, at the University of Leicester. His previous publications include Annals of the Labouring Poor: Social Change and Agrarian England, 1660-1900 (1985) and Rival Jerusalems: the Geography of Victorian Religion (2000). Klappentext A major study of local identities across early modern and modern British history. Zusammenfassung A major study of local identities across early modern and modern British history. Professor Snell re-examines senses of community and belonging through literature! legislation! folklore! etc. and suggests that the parish identity continued to play a central part in people's lives long after the supposed transition to the nation. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface and acknowledgements; 1. Introduction - belonging and local attachment; 2. The culture of local xenophobia; 3. Settlement, parochial belonging and entitlement; 4. Rural societies and their marriage patterns; 5. 'A cruel kindness': parish out-door relief, and the new poor law; 6. Nailed to the church door? Parish overseers and the new poor law; 7. Three centuries of new parishes; 8. `Of this parish': gravestones, belonging and local attachment; 9. Conclusion - belonging, parish and community; Select bibliography.
