Mary Hardy and her World 1773-1809
Burnham Press (Verlag)
978-1-9162067-4-8 (ISBN)
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The Hardys as farmers and brewers, their workforce and their wider circle were constantly on the move: itinerancy was a way of life. Roads, waterways and the sea heaved with people and freight. We enter the Hardys' world of trade and beer deliveries, and of shipping, elections and counter-invasion measures in which civilians were actively involved. The middle and labouring classes led pressured lives which were governed by the clock. What little opportunity they had for leisure pursuits in the form of clubs, fairs and the playhouse is described in this volume. Hundreds of illustrations, in black and white and full colour, accompany the text. Meticulous sidenotes elaborate on sources; the extensive index serves as a research aid. Part of a four-volume set the book nonetheless stands on its own.
Margaret Bird is the editor of the complete text of The Diary of Mary Hardy 1773-1809, published in 2013. An honorary research fellow in the History department of Royal Holloway, University of London 2006-21, she was elected a fellow of the Royal Historical Society in 2016. She was born in central London in 1946, read Modern History at St Anne's College, Oxford and gained her master's degree in Modern History at Royal Holloway. For both degrees she specialised in aspects of English history in the eighteenth century. She has lived in Kingston upon Thames in Surrey since 1970 and was a partner with her husband Tony in the economic consultancy they founded and ran for 22 years. She has a deep love of the landscape and waterways of the Norfolk Broads in eastern England, where Mary Hardy wrote her diary.
1: The roads. 2: The new navigation. 3: Riverside staithes. 4: Keels and wherries. 5: The sea. 6: Leisure hours indoors. 7: Outdoor recreations. 8: Politics. 9: Civilians at war. 10: Deliverance. Glossary. Bibliography. Index.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 20.04.2020 |
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| Zusatzinfo | 391 b/w, 57 colour, 31 figures |
| Verlagsort | Kingston Upon Thames |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 148 x 210 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte | |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Wirtschaftsgeschichte | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung | |
| Technik ► Fahrzeugbau / Schiffbau | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-9162067-4-3 / 1916206743 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-9162067-4-8 / 9781916206748 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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