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1 online resource (371 pages) |
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Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; 1 Introduction: Landscape and Community in England; 2 Country, County and Town: Patterns of Regional Evolution in England; 3 River and Wold: Reflections on the Historical Origin of Regions and Pays; 4 The Making of the Agrarian Landscape of Kent; 5 The Primary Towns of England; 6 The Lost Towns of England; 7 Suffolk and the Great Rebellion, 1640-1660; 8 The English Urban Inn; 9 Springs of Sensibility: Philip Doddridge of Northampton and the Evangelical Tradition; 10 Kentish Family Portrait; 11 Country Carriers in the Nineteenth Century |
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12 Dynasty and Community since the Seventeenth CenturyIndex |
| Summary |
England is an old country, more deeply conditioned by its past than perhaps any of us realise. It is also a varied country, particularly in relation to its size; this fact, too, has left its imprint on our past. Antiquity and diversity are the hallmarks of English landscape and society, with evidences of the logic of history evident everywhere we look. In this collection of essays Alan Everitt looks at the interconnections between landscape and community, demonstrating how places, localities, counties and regions all shed light on English society and history as a whole. Covering topics such as |
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Print version record |
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Cities and towns -- England -- History
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Land settlement -- England -- History
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Market towns -- England -- History
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Regionalism -- England -- History
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Cities and towns
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Land settlement
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Market towns
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Regionalism
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Rural conditions
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England -- History, Local.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2009005426
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England -- Rural conditions
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England
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Local history
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780826420411 |
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0826420419 |
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