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This series, fully illustrated with maps and half-tones, is written
for general readers as well as the student. In illuminating the
anonymous lives of our predecessors it will, when complete,
substantially enrich our understanding of the many histories which
together make up the history of England. This authoritative volume
surveys the modern history of the counties of Lancashire,
Merseyside, Greater Manchester and Cheshire. In 1540 this was a
backward area, poor, underpopulated and conservative. During the
seventeenth and early eighteenth century the spread of the first
cottage industries to the mills and the mines transformed the
region into one of the engines of Britain's nineteenth-century
greatness. The causes, the costs and the consequences of that
transformation are vividly portrayed in this very readable text.
Offers a succinct account and analysis of the first region to
experience the developed factory system. Discusses the rise,
dominance and decline of the region which has parallels across the
country and the world. Provides essential background text for the
students of local history. Assumes no previous knowledge of the
region.
A volume dealing with the regional and local history of South East
England, this covers the landcape and society of the modern
counties of Surrey, Kent, East and West Sussex and Greater London,
south of the Thames from late Anglo-Saxon times to the present. The
authors have tried to show the diversity that can be found within
the region as well as common characteristics which illustrate the
local peculiarities of the area. The works in the series offer a
synthesis of both historical and archaeological work in local
areas. Each region is covered in two linked but independent
volumes, the first covering the period up to AD 1000 and
necessarily relying on archaeological data, and the second bringing
the story up to modern times. It aims to portray life as it was
experienced by the majority of people of South Britain or England
as it was to become. The authors look at the major historical
events which have an impact on the reagion - wars, plagues,
technological changes and socio-cultural trends amongst them - but
they also stress the underlying continuity of rural and urban life.
This series, fully illustrated with maps and half-tones, is written
for general readers as well as the student. In illuminating the
anonymous lives of our predecessors it will, when complete,
substantially enrich our understanding of the many histories which
together make up the history of England. This authoritative volume
surveys the modern history of the counties of Lancashire,
Merseyside, Greater Manchester and Cheshire. In 1540 this was a
backward area, poor, underpopulated and conservative. During the
seventeenth and early eighteenth century the spread of the first
cottage industries to the mills and the mines transformed the
region into one of the engines of Britain's nineteenth-century
greatness. The causes, the costs and the consequences of that
transformation are vividly portrayed in this very readable text.
Offers a succinct account and analysis of the first region to
experience the developed factory system. Discusses the rise,
dominance and decline of the region which has parallels across the
country and the world. Provides essential background text for the
students of local history. Assumes no previous knowledge of the
region.
Within its ancient boundaries, Staffordshire is a county of diverse
and contrasting historic landscapes. World-renowned industrial
complexes sit alongside agricultural systems; castles rub shoulders
with urban-industrial housing; the cathedral centre of a vast
diocese lies close to the birthplace of primitive Methodism;
overtly planned landscapes mingle with the uplands of the Moorlands
and the heathlands of Cannock Chase. These many and varied
landscapes are both products and reflections of a multiplicity of
histories, and students of the county have been keen to explore and
relate these pasts. However, no systematic attempt has previously
been made to express these accounts in spatial form. This book
seeks to demonstrate by maps the various histories that contribute
to the diversity of Staffordshire. With its succinct discussions
and detailed map presentations of these themes, incorporating new
thinking and recent research, the atlas provides an innovative and
major contribution to the study of the history of Staffordshire. --
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Land and financial activities, building work and family affairs.
Two MSS printed here for the first time yield information not only
on Lowther family, but on the north as a whole in the seventeenth
century. Contain estate memoranda books, or 'diaries', of land and
financial transactions, building work and family affairs. Not only
record, but also explain why, decisions were taken which brought
about growth of family estates and wealth. Four appendices
including autobiography of Sir John Lowther I (d. 1637) which
chronicles rise of young man lacking wealth or influence. Market:
Economic history, inc. innovative agriculture.
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