The Middling sort of people
Subtitle: culture, society and politics in England, 1550-1800
By: edited by Jonathan Barry and Christopher Brooks.
Contributors: Barry, Jonathan, 1956-; Brooks, C. W.
Series: Themes in focus
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Basingstoke
Language: eng
Number of pages: 282
Description: This volume of essays seeks to offer a radical re-evaluation of most of our preconceptions about the early-modern English social order. This book attempts to define the term "middle classes" and treat them as active participants of history, rather than as a simple by-product.