Microhistories: Demography, Society and Culture in Rural England, 1800 1930

ISBN-13: 9780521570282 / Angielski / Twarda / 1996 / 318 str.

Barry Reay

Opis

This book uses a local study of the Blean area of Kent in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries to explore some of the more significant societal changes of the modern Western world. Drawing on a wide range of research techniques, including family reconstitution and oral history, Barry Reay examines topics such as marriage and fertility, health and mortality, the work of women and children, and illegitimacy and sexuality. This book is an exciting example of the "new rural history," and will be of interest to rural and family historians, as well as demographers and sociologists.

Recenzje

'… an impressive and refreshing combination of cultural, demographic, economic and social history in which the particularities and complexities of the locality are used to challenge firmly entrenched historical opinions … Reay's fascinating vindication of the potentials of micro-history establishes the centrality of his book in the 'new rural history'.' Social History

Spis treści

1. Introduction: place and people; Part I. Demography: 2. Fertility; 3. Health; Part II. Society: 4. Social economy; 5. Class; 6. Families; Part III. Cultures: 7. Sexuality; 8. Literacies; 9. Conclusion: microhistories.