Early Modern England: A Social History 1550-1760 / Edition 2

by J Sharpe

Overview

Widely praised and consistently popular since its first publication in 1987, Early Modern England now reflects in this new edition the invigorating and substantial changes that have swept the field over the past decade and more. It combines considerations of the more traditional concerns of social history with investigations of the newer items on the agendas of historians. The result is a masterly study, providing the only up-to-date interpretation available for the period.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780340577523
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	08/29/1997
Series:	Arnold Publications Series
Edition description:	Second Edition
Pages:	400
Sales rank:	1,161,195
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.82(d)

About the Author

J.A. Sharpe is at University of York.

Table of Contents

Prologue: Towards the days of shaking

Editorial Reviews

"A book full of information, lucidly presented, with few axes to grind; a text which can be warmly recommended to the students for whom it is primarily intended. It is a book which their teachers will read with profit."—The Times Literary Supplement

"A stimulating introduction to the social history of the early-modern period, one that can be recommended enthusiastically to students and the general reader...It catches the excitement of current research and never shirks the more difficult issues."—Social History Society Newsletter

From the Publisher

A stimulating introduction to the social history of the early-modern period, one that can be recommended enthusiastically to students and the general reader...It catches the excitement of current research and never shirks the more difficult issues.

Social History Society Newsletter

A book full of information, lucidly presented...a text which can be warmly recommended to the students for whom it is primarily intended. It is a book which their teachers will read with profit.

The Times Literary Supplement