Product Description

Widely praised and consistently popular since its first publication in 1987, "Early Modern England" now reflects in this new edition the invigorating and substantial changes that have swept the field over the past decade and more. It combines consideration of more traditional concerns of social history with investigation of the newer items on the agenda of historians...community firmly part of the analysis. The result is a masterly study, providing the only up-to-date interpretation available for the period.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #269206 in Books
• Published on: 1997-08-29
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 400 pages

Review
a book full of information, lucidly presented, with few axes to grind; a text which can be warmly recommended to the students for whom it is primarily intended. It is also a book which their teachers will read with profit. The Times Literary Supplement J A Sharpe's 'Early Modern England' is [social history] at its best The Times Educational Supplement A stimulating introduction to the social history of the early-modern period, one that can be recommended enthusiastically to students and the general reader It catches the excitement of current research and never shirks the more difficult issues. --Social History Society Newsletter

Customer Reviews

Still a useful text book
I bought this History text book because I wanted background information on life in 17th and early 18th century England, with particular reference to yeoman farmers. Although it was published in 1987, it's still useful for those interested in social history and for those researching their family trees.
It doesn't contain any illustrations but the text is lucid and accessible.