Memory, history, and autobiography in early modern towns in east and west / edited by Vanessa Harding and Koichi Watanabe.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Harding, Vanessa, editor.

Watanabe, Koichi, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cities and towns--Social aspects--History--16th century--Congresses.

Cities and towns.

Cities and towns--Social aspects--History--17th century--Congresses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (148 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015.

Summary:

Between the sixteenth and the nineteenth centuries, in both Western Europe and East Asia, towns and cities helped to shape the individual consciousness, against the background of a more traditional society in which collective values remained strong. Towns were centres of stimulus, challenge, and opportunity for residents and visitors, and the identity of the town itself, its character and history, became a strong theme in the formation of the individual. Writing and the circulation of texts played an important part in this process. Towns created artefacts, rituals, and memories that embodied t

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations

Preface

Introduction

Part I: Autobiography

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Part II: Memory

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Contributors.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 17, 2016).

ISBN:

1-4438-8197-X

OCLC:

921217091