The years between 1776 and 1851 are of profound importance for the social and urban historian. English town dwellers of the period experienced some fundamental changes in their way of life rapid population growth and an unprecedented rate of social change resulting from this. These everincreasing armies of town dwellers presented the local and central authorities with a myriad of urgent problems, including those of feeding, housing and controlligni a turbulent populace. These years saw the emergence of a new, essentially modern, machinery of control for running an urban society. Despite these dramatic changes an equally important feature of the period was the elements of continuit in work, family life and leisure. Part one deals with the physical changes, the problems for the town dweller inherant in these, and the distinctions of social class that developed. Part two discusses the political response to the urbanization of England and the problems this caused poverty and law enforcement. In part three the continuities are assessed in leisure, rituals and family life. At every opportunity Dr Walvin brings his material to life with his extensive use of contemporary commentaries. In this lively and wideranging study, firmly rooted in recent scholarly research, Dr Walvin provides a balanced and uptodate picture of a society which, although experiencing the most fundamental changes was also characterized by the continuities in its peoples habits and social customs. This book...

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