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Peasant Petitions: Social Relations and Economic Life on Landed Estates, 1600-1850
Rab Houston
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Description for Peasant Petitions: Social Relations and Economic Life on Landed Estates, 1600-1850
Hardcover. This book examines the structures and texture of rural social relationships, using one type of document found in abundance over all the four component parts of Britain and Ireland: petitions from tenants to their landlords. The book offers unexpected angles on many aspects of society and economy on estates in the 17th and 18th centuries. Num Pages: 331 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD1; HBTB; JFSC; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 151 x 23. Weight in Grams: 512.
This book examines the structures and texture of rural social relationships, using one type of document found in abundance over all the four component parts of Britain and Ireland: petitions from tenants to their landlords. The book offers unexpected angles on many aspects of society and economy on estates in the 17th and 18th centuries.
This book examines the structures and texture of rural social relationships, using one type of document found in abundance over all the four component parts of Britain and Ireland: petitions from tenants to their landlords. The book offers unexpected angles on many aspects of society and economy on estates in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
Number of Pages
322
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137394088
SKU
V9781137394088
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Rab Houston
Robert Allan Houston is Professor of Early Modern History at the University of St Andrews, UK. He was educated at the Edinburgh Academy and St Andrews University before spending six years at Cambridge University, UK, as a research student (Peterhouse) and research fellow (Clare College).
Reviews for Peasant Petitions: Social Relations and Economic Life on Landed Estates, 1600-1850
“This is an innovative book. It draws on a neglected body of documents to shed light on rural society in parts of Britain which are too often seen as peripheral to its economic and social development. It offers a great deal of food for thought that future historians would be wise to build upon.” (Jane Whittle, English Historical Review, Vol. ... Read more