Catalog > Human Sciences > History > Roy Porter: Penguin Social History of Britain (ePUB)

Roy Porter
Penguin Social History of Britain [EPUB ebook]
English Society in the Eighteenth Century

Support

Cover of Roy Porter: Penguin Social History of Britain (ePUB)

A portrait of 18th century England, from its princes to its paupers, from its metropolis to its smallest hamlet. The topics covered include – diet, housing, prisons, rural festivals, bordellos, plays, paintings, and work and wages.

€10.99

Buy this ebook and get 1 more FREE!

Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 448 ● ISBN 9780141926476 ● Publisher Penguin Books Ltd ● Published 2001 ● Downloadable 6 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 2269811 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

Requires a DRM capable ebook reader

More ebooks from the same author(s) / Editor

223,692 Ebooks in this category

Cover of Scriptural Research Institute: ᐃᓅᓯᖓ ᕹᕐᑰᕝ

Scriptural Research Institute: ᐃᓅᓯᖓ ᕹᕐᑰᕝ

ᕹᕐᑰᕝ ᐃᓅᓯᖓ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᑦᑎᐊᕐᓂᖅᐹᖑᖃᑕᐅᕗᖅ ᑕᐃᔅᓱᒪᓂ ᑭᒡᒐᖅᑐᖅᑎᑐᖃᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥ ᐄᔨᑉᐱᐊᒥᐅᑦ ᑭᖑᓂᑦᑎᓐᓂ. ᕹᕐᑰᕝ ᐃᓅᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐊᖓᔪᖅᑳᕐᔪᐊᑦ ᒥᕐᓐ-ᕌ 1 ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐯᐱ 2 ᑕᐃᓇᔅᑎ 6-ᒥ, ᐊᑕᐅᑦᑎᒃᑯᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᐅᓂᖅᓴᐅᓪᓗᓂ ᐆᓂ, ᐅᖃᐅᓯᕆᓯᒪᔭᒃᓴᕆᓚᐅᖅᑕᖓ ᐃᒻ …

Cover of John (Cambridge Tutors College, UK) Oliphant: John Forbes: Scotland, Flanders and the Seven Years'' War, 1707-1759

John (Cambridge Tutors College, UK) Oliphant: John Forbes: Scotland, Flanders and the Seven Years” War, 1707-1759

In November 1758 Brigadier General John Forbes”s army expelled the French army from Fort Duquesne at the forks of the Ohio River. Over seven months Forbes had co-ordinated three obstructive and comp …

Cover of Louis W. Moffit: England on the Eve of Industrial Revolution

Louis W. Moffit: England on the Eve of Industrial Revolution

Published in the year 1963, England on the Eve of the Industrial Revolution is a valuable contribution to the field of Economics. …

Cover of Barbara Dennis & David Skilton: Reform and Intellectual Debate in Victorian England

Barbara Dennis & David Skilton: Reform and Intellectual Debate in Victorian England

First published in 1987. Readers of Victorian literature, both poetry and prose, are constantly aware of a powerful undercurrent of change – political, social, and intellectual – which determines the …

Cover of Hayashi: Ottoman State

Hayashi: Ottoman State

First published in 2004. When the Ottoman Empire undertook reforms to re-centralise and westernise in the first half of the 19th century, the first task was to introduce a new taxation system. Such a …

Cover of Barbara Holthus & Wolfram Manzenreiter: Happiness and the Good Life in Japan

Barbara Holthus & Wolfram Manzenreiter: Happiness and the Good Life in Japan

Contemporary Japan is in a state of transition, caused by the forces of globalization that are derailing its ailing economy, stalemating the political establishment and generating alternative lifesty …

Cover of Donald W. Treadgold: Lenin and his Rivals

Donald W. Treadgold: Lenin and his Rivals

Originally published in 1955, this is an illuminating study of the political thought and action of the Russian intelligentsia, in the decade up to and including the Revolution of 1905-6. It is based …

Cover of Anne T. Thayer: Penitence, Preaching and the Coming of the Reformation

Anne T. Thayer: Penitence, Preaching and the Coming of the Reformation

Why did the Reformation take root in some places and not others? Although many factors were involved, the varying character of penitential preaching across Europe in the decades prior to the Reformat …

Cover of Richard Ew Adams: Ancient Civilizations Of The New World

Richard Ew Adams: Ancient Civilizations Of The New World

In this concise, yet sweeping look at the origins and development of ancient new world civiliozations, Richard adams provides a superb introductory overview of these unique and fascinating cultures. …

Cover of Dr James (Liverpool John Moores University, UK) Crossland: War, Law and Humanity

Dr James (Liverpool John Moores University, UK) Crossland: War, Law and Humanity

War, Law and Humanity tells the story of the transatlantic campaign to either mitigate the destructive forces of the battlefield, or prevent wars from being waged altogether, in the decades prior to …