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Author French, H. R

Title The Middle Sort of People in Provincial England, 1600-1750
Published Oxford : OUP Oxford, 2007

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Description 1 online resource (320 pages)
Contents List of Tables; Introduction: Definitions; 1. The Local Context; 2. Parish Office and the Formation of Social Identity; 3. 'Chief Inhabitants' and 'Material Culture'; 4. The Language of Social Authority; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
Summary Exploring the origins of 'middle-class' status in the English provinces during a formative period of social and economic change, this book provides the first comparative study of the nature of social identity in early modern provincial England. It questions definitions of a 'middling' group, united by shared patterns of consumption and display, and examines the bases for such identity in three detailed case studies of the 'middle sort' in East Anglia, Lancashire, and Dorset. Dr. French identifies how the 'middling' described their status, and examines this through their social position in paris
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Subject Middle class -- England -- History -- 17th century
Middle class -- England -- History -- 18th century
Manners and customs
Middle class
SUBJECT England -- Social life and customs -- 17th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85043322
England -- Social life and customs -- 18th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85043323
Subject England
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780191537882
0191537888