A history of Yorkshire : county of the broad acres / David Hey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hey, David.

Contributor:

Dorothy Mann Yeakel & Paul Herbert Yeakel Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Yorkshire (England)--History.

Yorkshire (England).

Yorkshire (England)--Social conditions.

Yorkshire (England)--Economic conditions.

Physical Description:

viii, 472 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 25 cm

Edition:

Revised edition.

Place of Publication:

Lancaster : Carnegie Pub., 2011.

Summary:

Prominent Yorkshire historian Hey presents a history of the northeastern English county from prehistoric times to just before the 2005 first edition appeared. Trekking through such a long period requires a personal perspective, and he admits that he looks at the region from Penistone in southwestern Yorkshire, where he is from. Among the highlights are prehistory and the Roman Empire, the Normans, the late Middle Ages, the spectacular growth of industry 1780-1850, and the First World War to the present. Superb color photographs are used throughout. Distributed by International Publishers Marketing Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 462-464) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Dorothy Mann Yeakel & Paul Herbert Yeakel Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

1859362109

9781859362105

OCLC:

775410704

Publisher Number:

99948435810