TY - BOOK AU - Sweet,Rosemary TI - The writing of urban histories in eighteenth-century England T2 - Oxford historical monographs SN - 9780191677281 (ebook) : AV - HT133 U1 - 808.066942 22 PY - 1997/// CY - Oxford PB - Clarendon KW - Cities and towns KW - England KW - Historiography KW - History KW - 18th century KW - History, Local N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - This text provides an analysis of 18th-century urban culture and local historical scholarship. The author shows how a sense of the past was crucial not only in instilling civic pride and shaping a sense of community, but also in informing contests for power and influence in the local community UR - https://go.openathens.net/redirector/lords.parliament.uk?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198206699.001.0001 ER -