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The English urban renaissance : culture and society in the provincial town, 1660-1770 / Peter Borsay.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Furness Shakespeare Library (Van Pelt 628) HT133 .B65 1989
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Borsay, Peter, author.
- Series:
- Oxford studies in social history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cities and towns.
- History.
- England--Civilization--17th century.
- England.
- Civilization.
- England--Civilization--18th century.
- Cities and towns--England--History--17th century.
- Cities and towns--England--History--18th century.
- Genre:
- History.
- Publishers' advertisements.
- Physical Description:
- 7 unnumbered pages, viii-xxii pages, 3 unnumbered pages, 4-416 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
- Manufacture:
- [Abigndon, Oxon] : Set by Downdell Ltd, Abigndon, Oxon.
- Great Britain : Biddles Ltd, Guildford and King's Lyon.
- Place of Publication:
- [Oxford] : Clarendon Press, 1989.
- New York : Oxford University Press, 1989.
- Summary:
- In the century after the Restoration of 1660, English provincial towns experienced a cultural renaissance. This book offers a guide to the most striking features of that revival: the transformation of the urban landscape under the influence of classical architecture and the emergent forces of planning, and a remarkable expansion in the provision of fashionable public leisure. Drawing on a variety of disciplines, including architecture, music, historical geography, English literature, urban studies and history, the book concentrates on the interaction between urban culture and society as a whole. It sheds new light not only on the development of the early modern town, but also on the relatively neglected history of England between the Civil War and the Industrial Revolution.
- Notes:
- "Set by Downdell Ltd, Abigndon, Oxon"; with, "Printed and bound in Great Britain by Biddles Ltd, Guildford and King's Lyon"; title page verso.
- Copyright information from title page verso as: "© Peter Borsay, 1989".
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-400) and index.
- Includes half-title page; information about general editor from front cover and half-title page; also, publishers' advertisements on back cover end flap.
- ISBN:
- 0198200021
- 9780198200024
- 0198202555
- 9780198202554
- OCLC:
- 18322240
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