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Liverpool, 1660-1750: People, Prosperity and Power
Diana E. Ascott
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Description for Liverpool, 1660-1750: People, Prosperity and Power
Paperback. Liverpool was unique among English towns in the rate of its commercial development from the late seventeenth century. This title provides a study of the social and political structure of the town during this crucial period. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white tables, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1DBKENL; 3JD; 3JF; HBJD1; HBLH; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 388.
Liverpool was unique among English towns in the rate of its commercial development from the late seventeenth century. Liverpool, 1660-1750 provides the first significant detailed published study of the social and political structure of the town during this crucial period. The authors utilize a number of methodological approaches to early modern Liverpool, using parish registers, probate material and town government records to consider the characteristics of marriage, birth and death in a fast-growing and mobile population; the occupational structure, family lives and connections of workers in the town; and the political structures and struggles of the period. It is ... Read more
Liverpool was unique among English towns in the rate of its commercial development from the late seventeenth century. Liverpool, 1660-1750 provides the first significant detailed published study of the social and political structure of the town during this crucial period. The authors utilize a number of methodological approaches to early modern Liverpool, using parish registers, probate material and town government records to consider the characteristics of marriage, birth and death in a fast-growing and mobile population; the occupational structure, family lives and connections of workers in the town; and the political structures and struggles of the period. It is ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Weight
388g
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Liverpool, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781846315039
SKU
V9781846315039
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99-50
About Diana E. Ascott
Diana E. Ascott is an honorary Fellow in the School of History at the University of Liverpool. Fiona Lewis is a freelance researcher. Michael Power, who died shortly before this book was published, was an honorary Senior Fellow in the School of History at the University of Liverpool.
Reviews for Liverpool, 1660-1750: People, Prosperity and Power
... it is (and is likely to remain for some considerable time) the definitive study of Liverpool's early demography and the authors are to be congratulated for bringing this important and difficult material to publication.
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