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.
Editorial Foreword
Acknowledgments
Preface to the Revised Edition
Conversion Tables
Introduction
1. Contrasts
2. The Social Order
3. Power, Politics and the Law
4. Keeping Life Going
5. Getting and Spending6. Having and Enjoying
7. Changing Experiences
8. Towards Industrial Society
9. Conclusion
Statistical Tables
Further Reading
Index
Roy Porter (1946—2002) was professor of the history of medicine at University College, London. His books include Blood and Guts, The Creation of the Modern World, Flesh in the Age of Reason, and The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Award. View titles by Roy Porter

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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.

Table of Contents

Editorial Foreword
Acknowledgments
Preface to the Revised Edition
Conversion Tables
Introduction
1. Contrasts
2. The Social Order
3. Power, Politics and the Law
4. Keeping Life Going
5. Getting and Spending6. Having and Enjoying
7. Changing Experiences
8. Towards Industrial Society
9. Conclusion
Statistical Tables
Further Reading
Index

Author

Roy Porter (1946—2002) was professor of the history of medicine at University College, London. His books include Blood and Guts, The Creation of the Modern World, Flesh in the Age of Reason, and The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Award. View titles by Roy Porter

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