{"product_id":"the-world-we-have-lost-routledge-classics-9780367705329","title":"The World We Have Lost Routledge Classics","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat was life like in England before the Industrial Revolution? \u003ci\u003eThe World We Have Lost\u003c\/i\u003e is widely regarded as a classic of historical writing and a vital book in reshaping our understanding of the past and the structure of family life in England. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTurning away from the prevailing fixation of history on a grand scale, Laslett instead asks some simple yet fundamental questions about England before the Industrial Revolution: How long did people live? How did they treat their children? Did they get enough to eat? What were the levels of literacy? His findings overturned much received wisdom: girls did not generally marry in their early teens, but often worked before marrying at much the same ages that young people marry today. Most people did not live in extended families, or even live their whole lives in the same villages. Going beyond the immediate structure of the family, he also explores the position of servants, the gentry, rates of migration, work and social mobility. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLaslettâs classic work was crucial in causing an important sociological turn in early modern English history and remains as fresh and exhilarating today as upon its first publication. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis Routledge Classics edition includes a new Foreword by Kevin SchÃrer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Peter Laslett’s greatest gift as his best-known book, \u003ci\u003eThe World We Have Lost\u003c\/i\u003e, suggests, was more for evocation than analysis: to bring back to life, in all their confusion, ingenuity and suffering, the human beings who have long gone.£\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e - \u003c\/em\u003eJohn Dunn,\u003cem\u003e The Independent\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The outcome of years of research…transformed our knowledge of the English family…Laslett showed how life in pre-industrial society was no idyll.\"\u003ci\u003e - The Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Peter Laslett’s greatest gift as his best-known book, \u003ci\u003eThe World We Have Lost\u003c\/i\u003e, suggests, was more for evocation than analysis: to bring back to life, in all their confusion, ingenuity and suffering, the human beings who have long gone.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e - \u003c\/em\u003eJohn Dunn, \u003cem\u003eThe Independent\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"The outcome of years of research…transformed our knowledge of the English family…Laslett showed how life in pre-industrial society was no idyll.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e - The Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword to the Routledge Classics Edition \u003cem\u003eKevin Schürer \u003c\/em\u003eIntroduction 1. English society before and after the coming of industry 2. A one-class society 3. The village community 4. Misbeliefs about our ancestors 5. Births, marriages and deaths 6. Did the peasants really starve? 7. Personal discipline and social survival 8. Social change and revolution in the traditional world 9. The pattern of authority and our political heritage 10. The politics of exclusion and the rule of an élite 11. After the transformation 12. Understanding ourselves in time \u003cem\u003eGeneral Note \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eList of Authorities \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eIndex\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018032677207,"sku":"9780367705329","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780367705329.jpg?v=1750775417","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-world-we-have-lost-routledge-classics-9780367705329","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}