Sources for English Local History

by W. B. Stephens

Overview

English local and regional history has attracted widespread attention in the last twenty-five to thirty years. Its study has expanded at undergraduate and postgraduate levels in universities, polytechnics, and at other institutions of higher education, and it has long retained its popularity as a subject for adult education classes. In schools the teaching of local history in its own right, and as an ingredient of general history, environmental studies, and local and social studies, is well established, and commonly involves the use of original sources. The expansion of genealogical studies into the wider area of family history has involved many individuals and groups in the investigation of the local conditions, which existed where former generations lived and, in this pursuit, increasing use of local records has been made. Many who seek to involve themselves in this work, however, find that they are ill-equipped in the knowledge of what sources exist, where they are to be found, or what techniques are suitable in making the best use of them.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521282130
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	09/10/1981
Series:	Sources of History
Edition description:	Rev. and expanded ed
Pages:	360
Product dimensions:	5.43(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.91(d)

Table of Contents

General editor's introduction; Preface to the second edition; Preface to the first edition;; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. Population and social structure; 3. Local government and politics; 4. Poor relief, charities, prices and wages; 5. Industry, trade, and communications; 6. Agriculture; 7. Education; 8. Religion; 9. Houses, housing, and health; Index.