Title Parish and belonging : community, identity and welfare in England and Wales, 1700-1950 / K.D.M. Snell

Published Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 541 pages) : illustrations, maps Contents Figures; Tables; Preface and acknowledgements; CHAPTER 1 Introduction -- belonging and local attachment; CHAPTER 2 The culture of local xenophobia; CHAPTER 3 Settlement, parochial belonging and entitlement; CHAPTER 4 Rural societies and their marriage patterns; CHAPTER 5 'A cruel kindness': parish out-door relief and the new poor law; CHAPTER 6 Nailed to the church door? Parish overseers and the new poor law; CHAPTER 7 Three centuries of new parishes; CHAPTER 8 'Of this parish': gravestones, belonging and local attachment; CHAPTER 9 Conclusion -- belonging, parish and community Summary A major study of local identities across early modern and modern British history. Professor Snell re-examines senses of community and belonging through literature, legislation, folklore, etc. and suggests that the parish identity continued to play a central part in people's lives long after the supposed transition to the nation Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 505-518) and index Notes English Print version record Subject Parishes -- England -- History -- 18th century Parishes -- England -- History -- 19th century Parishes -- England -- History -- 20th century Parishes -- Wales -- History -- 18th century Parishes -- Wales -- History -- 19th century Parishes -- Wales -- History -- 20th century HISTORY. Parishes Social conditions SUBJECT England -- Social conditions -- 18th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85043315 England -- Social conditions -- 19th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85043316 England -- Social conditions -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85043317 Wales -- Social conditions -- 18th century Wales -- Social conditions -- 19th century Wales -- Social conditions -- 20th century Subject England Wales Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780511261305 0511261306 9780511259500 0511259506 9780511260179 0511260172 0511260733 9780511260735 9780511496059 0511496052 128074930X 9781280749308 9786610749300 6610749302 1107168767 9781107168763 0511319711 9780511319716 9780521110754 0521110750

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