| The State and Social Change in Early Modern England, 1550-1640 2002 Edition Contributor(s): Hindle, S. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0333633849 ISBN-13: 9780333633847 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $151.99 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2000 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | World - General - History | Europe - Great Britain - General - Political Science | History & Theory - General |
| Dewey: 942.05 |
| Series: Early Modern History: Society & Culture |
| Physical Information: 338 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This is a study of the social and cultural implications of the growth of governance in England in the century after 1550. It is principally concerned with the role played by the middling sort in social and political regulation, especially through the use of the law. It discusses the evolution of public policy in the context of contemporary understandings, of economic change; and analyses litigation, arbitration, social welfare, criminal justice, moral regulation and parochial analyses administration as manifestations of the increasing role of the state in early modern England. |