This wide-ranging book, first published in 1994, traces the development of popular culture in England from the Iron Age, when it first becomes apparent as a whole, to the eighteenth century. The concept of popular culture is here taken to be the body of ideas which is held by a people about itself a...

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Main Author:	Pounds, Norman John Greville (Author)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1994
Subjects:	Geschichte Anfänge-1850 Alltag, Brauchtum Geschichte Popular culture / England / History Alltagskultur Volkskultur England / Social life and customs England / Civilization Großbritannien
Online Access:	BSB01 UBG01 Volltext
Summary:	This wide-ranging book, first published in 1994, traces the development of popular culture in England from the Iron Age, when it first becomes apparent as a whole, to the eighteenth century. The concept of popular culture is here taken to be the body of ideas which is held by a people about itself and its environment, both physical and social, together with the tools and artefacts through which its members related to one another and to the outside world; it follows therefore that the general theme of the book is peoples' attitude to, and use of, their environment. After a short discussion of the Prehistoric and Roman cultures the book deals in depth with the essential foundations - shelter and housing, warmth and security, furnishings and domestic convenience, food and its preparation, and ultra-familial and ultra-communal relations. A separate chapter is devoted to the culture of towns. The text is illustrated throughout by objects, artefacts and structures, many of which are visual representations of earlier cultures
Item Description:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xvii, 477 pages)
ISBN:	9780511561306
DOI:	10.1017/CBO9780511561306