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This volume of essays seeks to offer a radical re-evaluation of most of our preconceptions about the early-modern English social order. This book attempts to de

According to their national myth, all Americans are "middle class," but rarely has such a widely-used term been so poorly defined. These fascinating essays prov

"A very full, nuanced, up-to-date, and lucidly expressed account. . . . The discussion is impressively wide-ranging (spanning cultural, economic, intellectual,

The rise of social history has had a transforming influence on the history of early modern England. It has broadened the historical agenda to include many previ

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 co