A Social History of England
Ranging widely over time and place, Asa Briggs highlights continuities and changes in society in England from prehistory to the present day. Literature, art and politics are investigated as aspects and gauges of human experience, research in related disciplines is discussed and changes in...
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Ranging widely over time and place, Asa Briggs highlights continuities and changes in society in England from prehistory to the present day. Literature, art and politics are investigated as aspects and gauges of human experience, research in related disciplines is discussed and changes in historical interpretations explained. The author also offers his own, personal, view of social history.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780670655496 (067065549X)
Publish date: April 5th 1984
Publisher: The Viking Press
Pages no: 320
Edition language: English
Social histories are tricky, in that you're often going to be dealing with lots of statistics and Big Issues - and by spending less time with individuals often readers can feel really disconnected from the flesh and blood history. It can turn into all numbers and not enough humanity. Briggs manages ...
Really enjoyed this book, which I read for a college history class. Sadly, I kept getting failing grades on my papers even though I loved all the lectures and read the books with great enthusiasm. The prof couldn't explain at all why he was giving my papers failing grades. I later took them to an En...
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