Urbane and rustic England
Subtitle: cultural ties and social spheres in the provinces, 1660-1780
By: Carl B. Estabrook.
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Stanford, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 317
Subjects: England -- Social conditions -- 18th century; England -- Social conditions -- 17th century; Sociology, Rural -- England; Sociology, Urban -- England; Community life -- England -- History
Description: "Urbane and rustic England shows, as no other work has done, how a persistent urban-rural divide shaped conscious choices at the heart of experience in early modern England. Contrary to modern assumptions, villagers and migrants of rural origin widely resisted the cultural and social influence of cities and towns well into the second half of the eighteenth century.

Sexual relations, work, consumerism, the printed word, celebration, protest, hospitality and xenophobia were all influenced by people's profound identification with their natural and artificial surroundings. This book reveals that the dynamic of urbane and rustic mentalities had a place with gender awareness, class consciousness and religious belief among the forces of continuity and change in early modern society."--BOOK JACKET.

"Urbane and rustic England is essential reading for historians of early modern England and their students. Readers with a more general interest in the relationship between community and culture will be drawn to the subject matter and approach of this book."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-305) and index.