The Penguin Social History of Britain: English Society in the Eighteenth Century

Roy Porter

nov. 2001 · Penguin UK

À propos de cet e-book

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.

À propos de l'auteur

Roy Porter was, until his retirement, Professor in the Social History of Medicine at the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine. He died in 2002.