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Professor Malcolmson provides a full account of the sports, pastimes and festive celebrations of the English labouring people in the eighteenth century.
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This compact and accessible reference work provides all the essential facts and figures about major aspects of modern British history from the death of Queen An
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Early modern almanacs have received relatively little academic attention over the years, despite being the first true form of British mass media. While their ma
Gender in English Society 1650-1850
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A lively social history of the roles of men and women - from workplace to household, from parish church to alehouse, from market square to marriage bed. Robert
Sport in Capitalist Society
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