People, places and identities : themes in British social and cultural history, 1700s-1980s /
People, places and identities : themes in British social and cultural history, 1700s-1980s /
edited by Alan Kidd, Melanie Tebbutt.
- 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Alan Kidd and Melanie Tebbutt 1. Administrative practices and the 'middling sort': place, practice and identity in eighteenth-century rural England -- Alistair Mutch 2. Local history enthusiasts: English county historical societies since the nineteenth century -- Alan Kidd 3. Memorial mania: remembering and forgetting Sir Robert Peel -- Terry Wyke 4. Fifty years ahead of its time? The provident dispensaries movement in Manchester, 1871-85 -- Martin Hewitt 5. Daddy, what did you find to laugh about in the Great War? The cotton cartoons of Sam Fitton -- Alan Fowler 6. Voluntary action in the 'welfare state': the National Council for the Unmarried Mother and Her Child -- Pat Thane 7. The continuing tradition of civic pride: municipal culture in post-war Manchester -- Peter Shapely 8. From 'marriage bureau' to 'points of view': changing patterns of advice in teenage magazines: Mirabelle, 1956-77 -- Melanie Tebbutt 9. 'Hoping you'll give me some guidance about this thing called money': the Daily Mirror and personal finance, c. 1960-81 -- Dilwyn Porter Index.
A timely and original collection of essays on identity, place and culture of association, that captures the cultural meanings of British political and civic life from the eighteenth to the twentieth century.
9781526107589 (electronic bk.) 1526107589 (electronic bk.) 9781526107572 (electronic bk.) 1526107570 (electronic bk.) 9781526124081 1526124084 (hbk.)
ManchesterUniversityPress8584 Manchester University Press 22573/ctvn97rk5 JSTOR
GBB6K8371 bnb
018364072 Uk 018151215 Uk
1700-1999
Group identity--History.--Great Britain
Urbanization--History.--Great Britain
Identité collective--Histoire.--Grande-Bretagne
Urbanisation--Histoire.--Grande-Bretagne
HISTORY--Europe--Great Britain.
HISTORY--Social History.
Group identity.
Manners and customs.
Politics and government.
Urbanization.
Great Britain--Social life and customs--18th century.
Great Britain--Social life and customs--19th century.
Great Britain--Social life and customs--20th century.
Great Britain--Politics and government--18th century.
Great Britain--Politics and government--19th century.
Great Britain--Politics and government--20th century.
Grande-Bretagne--Mœurs et coutumes--18e siècle.
Grande-Bretagne--Mœurs et coutumes--19e siècle.
Grande-Bretagne--Mœurs et coutumes--20e siècle.
Grande-Bretagne--Politique et gouvernement--18e siècle.
Grande-Bretagne--Politique et gouvernement--19e siècle.
Grande-Bretagne--Politique et gouvernement--20e siècle.
Great Britain.
Electronic books.
History.
D250
941
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Alan Kidd and Melanie Tebbutt 1. Administrative practices and the 'middling sort': place, practice and identity in eighteenth-century rural England -- Alistair Mutch 2. Local history enthusiasts: English county historical societies since the nineteenth century -- Alan Kidd 3. Memorial mania: remembering and forgetting Sir Robert Peel -- Terry Wyke 4. Fifty years ahead of its time? The provident dispensaries movement in Manchester, 1871-85 -- Martin Hewitt 5. Daddy, what did you find to laugh about in the Great War? The cotton cartoons of Sam Fitton -- Alan Fowler 6. Voluntary action in the 'welfare state': the National Council for the Unmarried Mother and Her Child -- Pat Thane 7. The continuing tradition of civic pride: municipal culture in post-war Manchester -- Peter Shapely 8. From 'marriage bureau' to 'points of view': changing patterns of advice in teenage magazines: Mirabelle, 1956-77 -- Melanie Tebbutt 9. 'Hoping you'll give me some guidance about this thing called money': the Daily Mirror and personal finance, c. 1960-81 -- Dilwyn Porter Index.
A timely and original collection of essays on identity, place and culture of association, that captures the cultural meanings of British political and civic life from the eighteenth to the twentieth century.
9781526107589 (electronic bk.) 1526107589 (electronic bk.) 9781526107572 (electronic bk.) 1526107570 (electronic bk.) 9781526124081 1526124084 (hbk.)
ManchesterUniversityPress8584 Manchester University Press 22573/ctvn97rk5 JSTOR
GBB6K8371 bnb
018364072 Uk 018151215 Uk
1700-1999
Group identity--History.--Great Britain
Urbanization--History.--Great Britain
Identité collective--Histoire.--Grande-Bretagne
Urbanisation--Histoire.--Grande-Bretagne
HISTORY--Europe--Great Britain.
HISTORY--Social History.
Group identity.
Manners and customs.
Politics and government.
Urbanization.
Great Britain--Social life and customs--18th century.
Great Britain--Social life and customs--19th century.
Great Britain--Social life and customs--20th century.
Great Britain--Politics and government--18th century.
Great Britain--Politics and government--19th century.
Great Britain--Politics and government--20th century.
Grande-Bretagne--Mœurs et coutumes--18e siècle.
Grande-Bretagne--Mœurs et coutumes--19e siècle.
Grande-Bretagne--Mœurs et coutumes--20e siècle.
Grande-Bretagne--Politique et gouvernement--18e siècle.
Grande-Bretagne--Politique et gouvernement--19e siècle.
Grande-Bretagne--Politique et gouvernement--20e siècle.
Great Britain.
Electronic books.
History.
D250
941