Reactions to Social and Economic Change 1750-1939

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 collects five papers.

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