Civil Society in British History: Ideas, Identities, Institutions

Book Overview

This book explores the many different strands in the language of civil society from the sixteenth to the twentieth centuries. Through a series of case-studies it investigates the applicability of the term to a wide range of historical settings. The contributors show how past understandings of the term were often very different from (even in some respects the exact opposite of) those held today.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199279101
• ISBN13: 9780199279104
• Release Date: September 2005
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Length: 332 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"