num_pages: 448
description: 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. In this boldly drawn portrait of eighteenth-century England, Roy Porter defines a nation from its princes to its paupers, from its metropolis to its smallest hamlet. The topics covered run the gamut, covering diet, housing, prisons, rural festivals, bordellos, plays, paintings, and work and wages.Roy Porter's new edition of his celebrated book of English cultural history was revised in light of changes in the climate of debate that occurred in the seven years after its first publication.
language: English
title: English Society in the 18th Century
titlecomplete: English Society in the 18th Century
genres: Research, Regency, History, 18th Century, British Literature, Historical, Reference, Georgian, Nonfiction, Audiobook
ratings_count: 451
series: Folio Society History of England
publisher: Penguin Books Ltd