The Origins of English Individualism: The Family Property and Social Transition - Couverture souple

Macfarlane, Alan

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0631127615 ISBN 13 : 9780631127611

Editeur : Wiley-Blackwell, 1979

Synopsis

Book by Macfarlane Alan

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

The Origins of English Individualism is about the nature of English society during the five centuries leading up to the Industrial Revolution, and the crucial differences between England and other European nations. Drawing upon detailed studies of English parishes and a growing number of other intensive local studies, as well as diaries, legal treatises and contemporary foreign sources, the author examines the framework of change in England. He suggests that there has been a basic misrepresentation of English history and that this has considerable implications both for our understanding of modern British and American society, and for current theories concerning the preconditions of industrialization.

Revue de presse :

"Historians are said to be moving back towards the idea of an enduring national identity. Alan Macfarlane wrote a paradigm–busting book back in the late 1970s, The Origins of English Individualism. That must have taken courage considering the sort of a decade it was ... A brilliant analysis."
The Independent

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Wiley-Blackwell
• Date d'édition: 1979
• ISBN 10: 0631127615
• ISBN 13: 9780631127611
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 232