A Social History of England: Third Edition (Penguin history) - Softcover

Briggs, Asa

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140269541 ISBN 13: 9780140269543

Publisher: Penguin, 1999

Synopsis

First published to great acclaim in 1983 and continuously in print ever since (UK sales of almost 10,500), Asa Briggs's magnificent exploration of English society has been totally revised in the light of new scholarship and brought right up to the present day. Written in a personable, idiosyncratic way, Briggs's approach to history is to emphasize human experience rather than concepts, switching from kitchen to drawing room or garden, from field to factory, reading and interpreting every cultural signpost he passes.

About this title

About the Author:

Asa Briggs was born in 1921 at Keighley, Yorkshire, and was educated at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge where he received a double first in history. He also received a first-class honours degree in economics from London University. Professor Briggs' main field of historical research is nineteenth-century social and cultural history, on which he has written extensively. His works include 'Victorian Cities', 'Victorian Things' and 'The Age of Improvement'.

Synopsis:

Originally published in 1983 by Weidenfeld and Nicholson this is the third revised edition of this exploration of English society, brought up to the present day. Briggs's approach to history is to emphasize human experience rather than concepts, switching from kitchen to drawing room or garden, from field to factory.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0140269541
• ISBN 13: 9780140269543
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 416