
Sources for English Local History
W. B. Stephens(Author)
Cambridge University Press
Published on 10. September 1981
Book
Paperback/Softback
360 pages
978-0-521-28213-0 (ISBN)
Description
English local and regional history has attracted widespread attention in the last twenty-five to thirty years. Its study has expanded at undergraduate and postgraduate levels in universities, polytechnics, and at other institutions of higher education, and it has long retained its popularity as a subject for adult education classes. In schools the teaching of local history in its own right, and as an ingredient of general history, environmental studies, and local and social studies, is well established, and commonly involves the use of original sources. The expansion of genealogical studies into the wider area of family history has involved many individuals and groups in the investigation of the local conditions, which existed where former generations lived and, in this pursuit, increasing use of local records has been made. Many who seek to involve themselves in this work, however, find that they are ill-equipped in the knowledge of what sources exist, where they are to be found, or what techniques are suitable in making the best use of them.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
Worked examples or Exercises
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
508 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-521-28213-0 (9780521282130)
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Sources for English Local History
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09/1981
Cambridge University Press
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Sources for English Local History
Book
09/1981
Cambridge University Press
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Content
General editor's introduction; Preface to the second edition; Preface to the first edition;; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. Population and social structure; 3. Local government and politics; 4. Poor relief, charities, prices and wages; 5. Industry, trade, and communications; 6. Agriculture; 7. Education; 8. Religion; 9. Houses, housing, and health; Index.