Daily Life in 18th-Century England, 2nd Edition

Informative, richly detailed, and entertaining, this book portrays daily life in England in 1700–1800, embracing all levels of society—from the aristocracy to the very poor—to describe a nation grappling with modernity.

• Chronicles daily life in a place and time that was critical in forming the consumerism, industrialization, scientific thinking, and family structures of our modern world

• Provides fascinating detail on the lives of people at different levels of social strata, not just the upper classes

• Includes excerpts from seldom- or never-anthologized primary sources

• Incorporates information from recent scholarship about 18th-century England, especially regarding gender roles