Identity and Agency in England, 1500–1800

Chapter 1 ‘Identity and Agency in English Society, 1500–1800’— Introduction

Chapter 2 Civility, Honesty and the Identification of the Deserving Poor in Seventeenth-century England

Chapter 3 Social Inequality, Identity and the Labouring Poor in Eighteenth-century England

Chapter 5 A Dynamic Model of Social Relations: Celibacy, Credit and the Identity of the ‘Spinster’ in Seventeenth-century England

Chapter 6 Class and Credit: Social Identity, Wealth and the Life Course in Early Modern England

Chapter 7 Sense and Singularity: The Social Experiences of John Marsh and Thomas Stutterd in Late-Georgian England

Chapter 8 Agency, Custom and the English Corporate System