The First Modern Society
Subtitle: Essays in English History in Honour of Lawrence Stone (Past and Present Publications)
Contributors: A. L. Beier (Editor); David Cannadine (Editor); James M. Rosenheim (Editor)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: November 3, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 676
ISBN-13: 9780521021616
Subjects: British & Irish history; History: theory & methods; Western Europe - General; History; History - General History; History: World; England; Europe - Great Britain - General; Great Britain--History--Modern period, 1485-; History / Europe / Western; History / Great Britain; History : Europe - Great Britain - General; 1485-; Great Britain; Social conditions; Stone, Lawrence
First sentence: Lawrence Stone has played a key role in the 'new' history of the family which combines the techniques of historical demography developed by Louis Henry and by the Cambridge Group with the study of attitudes or mentalites pioneered by Philippe Aries.