Man versus society in eighteenth-century Britain: six points of view

J. H. Plumb, James Lowry Clifford, J.H. Plumb, Jacob Viner, G.R. Cragg, Rudolf Wittkower, Paul Henry Lang, Bertrand H. Bronson

The papers in this collection were presented at a symposium sponsored by the Conference on British Studies at the University of Delaware. Six leading experts on different aspects of eighteenth-century Britain wrote on a general theme which cuts across traditional disciplinary boundaries. This theme is the lot of the ordinary individual in eighteenth-century society. This collection provides a wealth of information and valuable insights for the scholar of eighteenth-century Britain.

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