Eighteenth-century England comes to life in this detailed description of how ordinary people lived, worked, played and died.
Introduction A Nation of Prime Ministers: Politics Not Created Equal: Class and Race Twenty Pounds Will Marry Me: The Family The Supreme City: London They Were Once, a Kind of Barbarians: The Provinces Up to My Knees in Brick and Mortar: Housing Cork Rumps and Cocked Hats: Clothing Days, Weeks, Months, and Years: The Passage of Time Do What You're Bidden: Work and Wages What Joy Was Mine!: Entertainment The Turnpike Roads of the Kingdom: Transportation and Communication The Main Business of the Life of Man: The Economy Robbers, Burglars, etc.: Law and Order A Progeny of Learning: Education The Roast Beef of Old England: Food and Drink I Love a Mob: Behavior One Foot Within the Grave: Health Care and Hygiene Religion Orreries, Dephlogisticated Air, and Spinning Jennies: Science and Technology Glossary Bibliography Index
KIRSTIN OLSEN is the author of several books including Chronology of Women's History (Greenwood, 1994).
?[t]he author and Greenwood Press are to be commended.?-Albion
?Although some excellent specialized studies are available, very
few general studies of social life and customs in
eighteenth-century England have been published in the past 75
years. None of them have the scope and detail of the present
volume, which can be read through with pleasure or (due to its
arrangement and extensive index) used for reference
purposes....Recommended for circulating collections of public and
academic libraries and for reference collections of libraries that
support English or European history curricula.?-American Reference
Books Annual
?Olsen's descriptions are so lively that the book is a virtual tour
of England in the 1700s....Every part of the coutnry and every
facet of life come under Olsen's magnifying glass....Daily Life in
18th - Century England is a useful compilation of a great deal of
interesting and useful information, with a detailed bibliography
for readers who want to examine primary and secondary sources.
Illustrations are plentiful and helpful. Anyone with an interest in
eighteenth-century or Victorian England will find much to enjoy
here.?-Reviewers Consortium
?This book provides an excellent look at what it must have been
like to live in England at that time....An interested reader can
find recipes to recreate an 18th-century meal, rules for games,
children's rhymes and song lyrics, how much someone earned in a
certain occupation, and other excellent examples of everyday life
in that time and place. High school readers will find this an easy
and interesting read.?-The Book Report
"�t�he author and Greenwood Press are to be commended."-Albion
"[t]he author and Greenwood Press are to be commended."-Albion
"Olsen's descriptions are so lively that the book is a virtual tour
of England in the 1700s....Every part of the coutnry and every
facet of life come under Olsen's magnifying glass....Daily Life in
18th - Century England is a useful compilation of a great deal of
interesting and useful information, with a detailed bibliography
for readers who want to examine primary and secondary sources.
Illustrations are plentiful and helpful. Anyone with an interest in
eighteenth-century or Victorian England will find much to enjoy
here."-Reviewers Consortium
"This book provides an excellent look at what it must have been
like to live in England at that time....An interested reader can
find recipes to recreate an 18th-century meal, rules for games,
children's rhymes and song lyrics, how much someone earned in a
certain occupation, and other excellent examples of everyday life
in that time and place. High school readers will find this an easy
and interesting read."-The Book Report
"Although some excellent specialized studies are available, very
few general studies of social life and customs in
eighteenth-century England have been published in the past 75
years. None of them have the scope and detail of the present
volume, which can be read through with pleasure or (due to its
arrangement and extensive index) used for reference
purposes....Recommended for circulating collections of public and
academic libraries and for reference collections of libraries that
support English or European history curricula."-American Reference
Books Annual
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