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Author Snell, K. D. M.

Title Parish and belonging : community, identity and welfare in England and Wales, 1700-1950 / K.D.M. Snell.

Publication Info. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 541 pages) : illustrations, maps
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 505-518) and index.
Contents Figures; Tables; Preface and acknowledgements; CHAPTER 1 Introduction -- belonging and local attachment; CHAPTER 2 The culture of local xenophobia; CHAPTER 3 Settlement, parochial belonging and entitlement; CHAPTER 4 Rural societies and their marriage patterns; CHAPTER 5 'A cruel kindness': parish out-door relief and the new poor law; CHAPTER 6 Nailed to the church door? Parish overseers and the new poor law; CHAPTER 7 Three centuries of new parishes; CHAPTER 8 'Of this parish': gravestones, belonging and local attachment; CHAPTER 9 Conclusion -- belonging, parish and community.
Summary A major study of local identities across early modern and modern British history. Professor Snell re-examines senses of community and belonging through literature, legislation, folklore, etc. and suggests that the parish identity continued to play a central part in people's lives long after the supposed transition to the nation.
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Subject Parishes -- England -- History -- 18th century.
Parishes.
England.
History.
Chronological Term 18th century
Subject Parishes -- England -- History -- 19th century.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject Parishes -- England -- History -- 20th century.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Parishes -- Wales -- History -- 18th century.
Wales.
Parishes -- Wales -- History -- 19th century.
Parishes -- Wales -- History -- 20th century.
England -- Social conditions -- 18th century.
Social conditions.
England -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
England -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
Wales -- Social conditions -- 18th century.
Wales -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
Wales -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
Chronological Term 1700-1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Snell, K.D.M. Parish and belonging. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006 0521862922 9780521862929 (OCoLC)71347554
ISBN 9780511261305 (electronic book)
0511261306 (electronic book)
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9780511259500
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9780511260735 (electronic book)
9780511496059 (ebook)
0511496052 (ebook)
9780521862929 (hardback)
0521862922 (hardback)
128074930X
9781280749308
9786610749300
6610749302
0521862922 (Cloth)
Standard No. 9780521862929