Neighbourhood and Society

A London Suburb in the Seventeenth Century
Erscheinungsjahr 2005
ISBN: 978-0-521-02130-2
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, Band 5, 347 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 565 g

Reihe: Cambridge Studies in Population, Economy and Society in Past Time

This book is a pioneering social and economic study of a London suburban parish in the seventeenth century, which sheds new light on the important but relatively neglected topic of London's social history. Chapters on demography, social and occupational structure, topography, population turnover and residential mobility, and neighbourly relations, lead to a discussion of the involvement of the inhabitants of the district in local government and church ceremonial. Throughout, social and economic features of the neighbourhood are compared to those found elsewhere in London, and in other towns and cities, in early modern England. The book will therefore be of interest to all concerned with the behaviour of the town dweller in the past, and will serve as a springboard for further historical studies of urban society.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Boulton, Jeremy

Smith, Richard

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder England, UK, Irland: Regional & Stadtgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of figures; List of tables; Preface; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. The demographic background; 3. Earning a living in early seventeenth-century Southwark; 4. Wealth and social structure; 5. Household structure and the household economy; 6. Power, status and social mobility; 7. Residential patterns and property ownership; 8. The dynamics of a local community; 9. Social relationships in the urban neighbourhood; 10. The institutional structure of the neighbourhood; 11. Conclusion: neighbourhood and society in seventeenth-century; Bibliography; Index.