A Pleasing Prospect

A Pleasing Prospect Society and Culture in Eighteenth-century Colchester

Shani D'Cruze2008
Based on extensive primary-source research, this work considers the changing historical identity of eighteenth-century Colchester from the perspective of its 'middling sort' - a section of society often attached to cultures of politeness and to the practices of consumption and production that helped shape economic change.
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