Albion's People

<p>This second volume of John Rule's major two-volume portrait of Georgian England is a comprehensive and authoritative survey of eighteenth-century society, incorporating the exciting new research findings of recent years. It deals in turn with the upper class, `middling sort' and lower orders; with popular education, religion and culture; with standards of living in town and country; and with crime, punishment and protest. The book, which is as rich and varied as the age it explores, ends with an assessment of continuity and change across the century.</p> <p>List of abbreviations. List of figures. List of tables. Introductory note. Preface. Acknowledgements. 1. The background. 2. The upper class. 3. Middling people. 4. Middle-class values. 5. The lower orders. 6. Popular education, religion and culture. 7. The standard of living. 8. Social and industrial protest. 9. Crime and punishment. <br>10. Change and continuity. Bibliography. Index.</p>