Politics and society in Great Yarmouth, 1660-1722 /

This is a study of the political development of a major English town during the late 17th and early 18th centuries. It examines the activities of the local oligarchy over a period which begins in upheaval, in the aftermath of civil war, and ends in the relative stability of Georgian England.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gauci, Perry
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Oxford [England] : New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, 1996.
Series:Oxford historical monographs.
Subjects:
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • List of Tables
  • List of Illustrations
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction (starting p. 1)
  • 1 Oligarchy and Community: The Corporate Institution (starting p. 15)
  • 2 Oligarchy and Community: The Corporate Personnel (starting p. 57)
  • 3 The Challenge of the Restoration: 1660-74 (starting p. 100)
  • 4 The Challenge Met: 1675-81 (starting p. 129)
  • 5 Regulation and Revolution: 1681-88 (starting p. 151)
  • 6 Uncertainty and Unity: 1689-1702 (starting p. 174)
  • 7 The Townshend Triumph: 1702-22 (starting p. 211)
  • Conclusion (starting p. 255)
  • App. 1. Survey of Yarmouth Corporate Finances: 1660-1720 (starting p. 265)
  • App. 2. Distribution of Wealth through the Ward System: 1660-1720 (starting p. 268)
  • App. 3. Admission of Freemen by Yarmouth Corporation: 1620-1740 (starting p. 269)
  • App. 4. A Mercantile Elite: The England Dynasty (starting p. 270)
  • App. 5. An Assembly Network: The Wakeman Dynasty (starting p. 272)
  • Bibliography (starting p. 275)
  • Index (starting p. 293)