Across early modern Europe, men and women from all ranks gathered medical, culinary,
and food preservation recipes from family and friends, experts and practitioners, and a wide …

Which books did the British working classes read--and how did they read them? How did
they respond to canonical authors, penny dreadfuls, classical music, school stories …

This essential guide to social theory and space is written by one of the leading writers in the
field. Nigel Thrift explores the interconnections among people, places and things and …

" This book will be a monumental contribution to the topic and a staple of scholarship for
decades."—Michael B. Katz" A remarkable volume of critical synthesis and passionate …

Historical Sociolinguistics: Language Change in Tudor and Stuart England is the seminal
text in the field of historical sociolinguistics. Demonstrating the real-world application of …

English Society, 1580-1680 paints a fascinating picture of society and rural change in the
late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. Keith Wrightson discusses both the enduring …

The Renaissance of Lesbianism in Early Modern England is the eagerly-awaited study by
the feminist scholar who was among the first to address the issue of early modern female …

This paper is a preliminary attempt to work out what a nonfunctionalist social theory which
still retains the crucial element of determination would look like. The paper is therefore …

In this provocative work, Roger Chartier continues his extraordinarily influential
consideration of the forms of production, dissemination, and interpretation of discourse in …

The growth of female reading audiences from the mid-eighteenth century to the early
Victorian era represents both a vital episode in women's history and a highly significant …