Reactions to Social and Economic Change 1750-1939

Edited by Walter Minchinton

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Paperback (Published)

(February 1979)

ISBN: 9780859890434

8.31 x 11.69 inches

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The middle of the eighteenth century up to the Second World War was a period of dramatic and rapid social and economic change in Britain. This volume, collect five papers, covering:
– Ceremony, custom and ritual: some observations on social conflict in the rural community, 1750–1850
– The social structure of Lostwithiel in the early nineteenth century
– Secularisation and the care of the poor in Scotland
– Unemployment relief works in Southampton between the wars
– The voluntary response to mass unemployment in South Wales

  • Edited by Walter Minchinton