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The English Town, 1680-1840
An impressively thorough exploration of the changing functions, character and experience of English towns in a key age of transition which includes smaller communities as well as the larger industrialising towns. Among the issues examined are demography, social stratification, manners, religion, gender, dissent, amenities and entertainment, and the resilience of provincial culture in the face of the growing influence of London. At its heart is an authoritative study of urban politics: the structures of authority, the realities of civic administration, and the general movement for reform that climaxed in the Municipal Corporations Act of 1835.
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Jacob's Room
"Jacob's Room," penned by the renowned author Virginia Woolf, is a milestone in modernist literature. As one of the significant Virginia Woolf books, the novel showcases her pioneering writing style and the profound exploration of the human condition. The novel centers around Jacob Flanders, a young man whose life and death are depicted through a series of fragmented scenes and impressions from different perspectives. This unique narrative technique marks the novel as a fundamental piece of stream-of-consciousness literature. Woolf's depiction of Jacob's life in pre-war England provides an evocative portrayal of the era's social norms and expectations. With its intricate exploration of socie...
Jacob's Room
Jacob Flanders first appears as a child at the seaside. We follow his progress through school, Cambridge, London, Paris and Italy, and on to his death in the first world war. Indirectly and with impressionistic strokes a young man's life is created, and the novel offers an affecting tribute to the generation which was decimated in the great war.
Jacob's Room and Mrs. Gaskell
There on the sand not far from the lovers lay the old sheep's skull without its jaw. Clean, white, wind-swept, sand-rubbed, a more unpolluted piece of bone existed nowhere on the coast of Cornwall. The sea holly would grow through the eye-sockets; it would turn to powder, or some golfer, hitting his ball one fine day, would disperse a little dustÑNo, but not in lodgings, thought Mrs. Flanders. It's a great experiment coming so far with young children. There's no man to help with the perambulator. And Jacob is such a handful; so obstinate already. "Throw it away, dear, do," she said, as they got into the road; but Jacob squirmed away from her; and the wind rising, she took out her bonnet-pin...
Triumph of Textiles
A fresh account of the remarkable rise of Dundee as a global industrial city - and the origins of its later demise. The background to jute, the product most closely associated with Dundee, is investigated in unprecedented depth. The role of flax and linen as foundations for the jute industry is emphasised. The book challenges many perceptions of Dundee. Linen was as important to Dundee before c.1850 as jute was afterwards; the significance of jute pre-1850 has often been exaggerated by historians. Traditionally Dundee's success was attributed to the production of cheap coarse cloth for sacks, bagging etc. Yet many firms manufactured high quality, admiralty grade canvas, and colourful rugs an...
