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Book SynopsisThis collection of essays is arranged around the central issue raised by a raft of new empirical research - the relationship between social identity, or the 'vision of the self', and the ways in which this can explain historical agency.
Table of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Introduction - Identity and Agency in England, 1500-1800; H.French Civility, Honesty and the Identification of the Deserving Poor in Seventeenth-Century England; S.Hindle Social Inequality, Identity and the Labouring Poor in Eighteenth-Century England; P.King Honesty, Worth and Gender in Early Modern England, 1560-1640; A.Shepard A Dynamic Model of Social Relations: Celibacy, Credit and the Identity of the 'Spinster' in Seventeenth-Century England; J.Spicksley Class and Credit: Social Identity, Wealth and the Life Course in Early Modern England; C.Muldrew Sense and Singularity: The Social Experiences of John Marsh and Thomas Stutterd in Late-Georgian England; H.Berry Agency, Custom, and the English Corporate System; P.Withington Bibliography
