A Social History of England
by Asa Briggs
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Ranging widely over time and place, Asa Briggs highlights continuities and changes in society in England from prehistory to the present day. Literature, art and politics are investigated as aspects and gauges of human experience, research in related disciplines is discussed and changes in historical interpretations explained. The author also offers his own, personal, view of social history.Tags
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A very condense social history of England from prehistoric times to the near present. Competent but very compressed, it focuses chiefly on the more recent periods.
changes in English society from prehistory to 1980s
GB/UK/ENGL/England - Social conditions/Great Britain - Civilization/Great Britain - Social conditions/Great Britain - Social life and customs - History
Clásico de la historiografía inglesa, que ofrece una visión accesible, actualizada y global de la historia social de Inglaterra. El adjetivo social hace referencia a la voluntad del autor de abarcar diversos fenómenos ( desde las clases sociales hasta la sanidad, pasando por las relaciones entre géneros, la economía, la cultura o la propia política) mediante el hilo conductor del cambio social, en lugar de ajustarse a los acontecimientos políticos o a las fases de crecimiento económico.
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Asa Briggs was born in Keighley, England on May 7, 1921. He received a BA in history and a BSc in economics from Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge in 1941. During World War II, he worked at Bletchley Park, the Buckinghamshire country house devoted to cracking German wartime codes. He taught at several universities including the London School of show more Economics; Worcester College, Oxford; Leeds University; the University of Sussex; and Open University. He wrote several non-fiction works including The Age of Improvement, Victorian People, Victorian Cities, Victorian Things, and a five-volume history of British broadcasting. His last two books were the autobiographies entitled Secret Days and Special Relationships. He died on March 15, 2016 at the age of 94. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- 1980
- Important places
- England, UK
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