The English urban renaissance : culture and society in the provincial town, 1660-1770 / Peter Borsay

Main entry:

Borsay, Peter, author.

Title & Author:

The English urban renaissance : culture and society in the provincial town, 1660-1770 / Peter Borsay

Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 1989.
[Oxford] : Clarendon Press, 1989.
Great Britain : Biddles Ltd, Guildford and King's Lyon
[Abigndon, Oxon] : Set by Downdell Ltd, Abigndon, Oxon
©1989

Description:

[7], viii-xxii, [3], 4-416 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Series:

Oxford studies in social history

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 half-title page; information about general editor from front cover and half-title page; also, publishers' advertisements on back cover end flap.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-400) and index.

Summary:

After the Restoration of 1660, English provincial towns experienced a cultural renaissance. This book offers a guide to some of the striking features of that revival, concentrating on the interaction between urban culture and society and looking at its origins and the forces which stimulated it.

Resources:
Table of contents
Publisher description

ISBN:

0198200021
9780198200024
0198202555
9780198202554

Subject:

Cities and towns England History 17th century.
Cities and towns England History 18th century.
Villes Angleterre Histoire 17e siècle.
Villes Angleterre Histoire 18e siècle.
Cities and towns
Civilization
Provinzstadt
Kultur
Stadt
Kleinstadt
Stadscultuur.
Cultuurgeschiedenis.
Steden.
Cities and towns Great Britain History 17th century.
Cities and towns Great Britain History 18th century.
Villes Angleterre histoire 17e siècle.
Villes Angleterre histoire 18e siècle.
England Civilization 18th century.
England Civilization 17th century.
Angleterre Civilisation 18e siècle.
Angleterre Civilisation 17e siècle.
England
England History 18th century.
England History Stuarts, 1603-1714.
Großbritannien
Great Britain Civilization 17th century.
Great Britain Civilization 18th century.
Grande-Bretagne Civilisation 17e siècle.
Grande-Bretagne Civilisation 18e siècle.
England Towns, history

Form/genre:

History
Publishers' advertisements.

Added entries:

Thomas, Keith, 1933- general editor.
Oxford University Press, publisher.
Downdell Ltd, Abigndon, Oxon (Firm), active 1989, typographers.
Biddles Limited, printers, bookbinders.
England Oxford.
United States New York (State) New York (City)
Oxford studies in social history.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 187755
Call No.: ID:89-B6833
Status: Available

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