Bøker av Alastair Owens

This collection of articles represents a range of approaches to and perspectives on the ownership, use and transmission of property in 18th and 19th-century towns. An introductory essay highlights the importance of property and inheritance in shaping social, cultural-economic and structures.

The expansion of service sector employment, the emergence of more flexible working practices and the increased participation of women in European labour have been key trends in most European countries. This book includes essays that analyse these changes and situate them in a wider historical and geographical context.

Brings together over thirty of the leading scholars in Post Medieval archaeology and examines how this relatively new discipline has developed and where it is going.