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THE ENGLISH URBAN RENAISSANCE: CULTURE AND SOCIETY IN THE PROVINCIAL TOWN 1660-1770

by Peter Borsay

Published by The Clarendon Press. 2002

Slightly better than very good condition. In the century after the Restoration of 1660, English provincial towns experienced a cultural renaissance. This book offers a guide to the transformation of the urban landscape and the remarkable expansion in the provision of fashionable public leisure. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations. xxii and 416 pages including index. Printed by Lightning Source UK Ltd.

Reprint. A lovely copy with a sweet odour present.

ISBN: 0198202555
Stock no. 1830523

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Contents

  • List of Illustrations
  • List of Maps
  • List of Tables
  • Abbreviations
  • I. INTRODUCTION
  • 1. The Urban Scene
  • II. LANDSCAPE
  • 2. The House
  • 3. Street and Square
  • 4. Prospects, Planning and Public Buildings
  • III. LEISURE
  • 5. The Arts
  • 6. Arenas of Display
  • 7. Sport
  • IV. SOCIETY
  • 8. The Economic Foundations
  • 9. The Pursuit of Status
  • 10. Civility and Sociability
  • 11 Cultural Differentiation
  • V. CONCLUSION
  • 12. Town and Nation

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