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English Rural Society, 1500–1800

Essays in Honour of Joan Thirsk

David Hey editor John Chartres editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:2nd Nov '06

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Written largely by her former research students, this book honours the varied and creative career of Joan Thirsk.

This book honours the varied and creative career of Joan Thirsk, Fellow of the British Academy and former Reader in Economic History in the University of Oxford. Written largely by Dr Thirsk's former research students, with a diversity of themes, this volume is a fine tribute to Joan Thirsk's work in English social, economic, agrarian and local history in the early modern period.This book honours the varied and creative career of Joan Thirsk, Fellow of the British Academy and former Reader in Economic History in the University of Oxford. The chapters have been written largely by Dr Thirsk's former research students, and the diversity of themes covered reflects her own diversity of academic interest. The subjects range from landlords and land management to the position of women in early modern England and the origins of the Sheffield cutlery and allied trades. Supplemented with a full bibliography and personal and academic appreciations, this volume will serve as a fine tribute to Joan Thirsk's work in English social, economic, agrarian and local history in the early modern period.

ISBN: 9780521031561

Dimensions: 215mm x 137mm x 23mm

Weight: 519g

400 pages