Christopher J French
Biographic Data
| ID | 1141887 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Christopher J French |
| GIVEN NAMES | Christopher J |
| FAMILY NAME | French |
| SIGNATURE | FRENCH C J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Kingston University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 19 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1973 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Goods From The East, 1600-1800
This impressive volume is the first in a planned series of studies into Europe’s Asian Centuries, supported by funding from the European Research Council, and based largely on papers presented at a
The Good Life in Victorian and Edwardian Surbiton
Throughout their recent history suburbs and suburban society have been characterised by a number of writers — including historians — as being dull, detached, monotonous, lacking in community spirit and devoid of cultural activity. The aim of this article is to challenge these negative stereotypes by examining the reality of community life in the classic suburban town of Surbiton before 1914. It sets out a framework within which communities can be…
The Capital and the Colonies. London and the Atlantic Economy 1660–1700
The Capital and the Colonies. London and the Atlantic Economy 1660–1700 Nuala Zahedieh Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2010 xvii + 329 pp., ISBN: 978-0-521-51423-1 (£55.00 hardback) Historia
Who Lived in Suburbia? Surbiton in the Second Half of the 19th Century
Focusing on the classic Victorian suburb of Surbiton, twelve miles from the centre of London, this article considers a number of features of the people who lived in suburbia in the second half of the 19th century. A comprehensive database, constructed from the census enumerators' returns 1851–91, underpins the description and analysis of such features as population growth, gender balance, household composition, domestic service, occupational stru…
Infant mortality in the Canbury area of Kingston upon Thames, 1872–1911
This article examines aspects of infant mortality in a discrete part of Kingston upon Thames – the Canbury area – in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It highlights the concentration of infant mortality in this area, which was characterized – especially in the 1890s – by an increasingly overcrowded and unhealthy environment, made worse by the proximity of animals to living space. Animal manure attracted flies which, particularly …
Infant Mortality in Asylum Road,kingston Upon Thames,1872-1911
This article argues that existing analyses of infant mortality based on relatively large geographic areas now need to be supplemented by micro-level studies which will give greater depth to our understanding of the location and causes of infant mortality. In this study of Kingston upon Thames, a variety of linked sources have been used to subject one road - Asylum Road - to detailed analysis. Asylum Road suffered from disproportionate levels of i…
From Local History Towards Total History’
This article discusses the setting up and operation of the Kingston Local History Project, emphasizing, in this process, the active co-operation between Kingston University and the local community. The Project aims to construct a comprehensive database on the people of Kingston between I850 and I900 and to subject the data collected to rigorous analysis. This will provide an extensive longitudinal socio-economic profile of an important market tow…
Seamen's Sixpences and Eighteenth-Century Shipping Records
The Longevity of Ships in Colonial Trade
Productivity in the Atlantic Shipping Industry
Eighteenth-Century Shipping Tonnage Measurements
During the eighteenth century various methods existed for obtaining shipping tonnages; Most official records of shipping throughout this period record a vessel's “registered tonnage” which was the figure which appeared in the vessel's certificate of registration. This registered tonnage was less than a vessel's “measured tonnage.” The latter was the basis for building, buying, and selling vessels and was computed by means of a given formula. Regi…
The Capital and the Colonies. London and the Atlantic Economy 1660–1700
The Capital and the Colonies. London and the Atlantic Economy 1660–1700 Nuala Zahedieh Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2010 xvii + 329 pp., ISBN: 978-0-521-51423-1 (£55.00 hardback) Historia
Eighteenth-Century Shipping Tonnage Measurements
During the eighteenth century various methods existed for obtaining shipping tonnages; Most official records of shipping throughout this period record a vessel's “registered tonnage” which was the figure which appeared in the vessel's certificate of registration. This registered tonnage was less than a vessel's “measured tonnage.” The latter was the basis for building, buying, and selling vessels and was computed by means of a given formula. Regi…
The Good Life in Victorian and Edwardian Surbiton
Throughout their recent history suburbs and suburban society have been characterised by a number of writers — including historians — as being dull, detached, monotonous, lacking in community spirit and devoid of cultural activity. The aim of this article is to challenge these negative stereotypes by examining the reality of community life in the classic suburban town of Surbiton before 1914. It sets out a framework within which communities can be…
Who Lived in Suburbia? Surbiton in the Second Half of the 19th Century
Focusing on the classic Victorian suburb of Surbiton, twelve miles from the centre of London, this article considers a number of features of the people who lived in suburbia in the second half of the 19th century. A comprehensive database, constructed from the census enumerators' returns 1851–91, underpins the description and analysis of such features as population growth, gender balance, household composition, domestic service, occupational stru…
Infant mortality in the Canbury area of Kingston upon Thames, 1872–1911
This article examines aspects of infant mortality in a discrete part of Kingston upon Thames – the Canbury area – in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It highlights the concentration of infant mortality in this area, which was characterized – especially in the 1890s – by an increasingly overcrowded and unhealthy environment, made worse by the proximity of animals to living space. Animal manure attracted flies which, particularly …
From Local History Towards Total History’
This article discusses the setting up and operation of the Kingston Local History Project, emphasizing, in this process, the active co-operation between Kingston University and the local community. The Project aims to construct a comprehensive database on the people of Kingston between I850 and I900 and to subject the data collected to rigorous analysis. This will provide an extensive longitudinal socio-economic profile of an important market tow…
Productivity in the Atlantic Shipping Industry
Eighteenth-Century Shipping Tonnage Measurements
During the eighteenth century various methods existed for obtaining shipping tonnages; Most official records of shipping throughout this period record a vessel's “registered tonnage” which was the figure which appeared in the vessel's certificate of registration. This registered tonnage was less than a vessel's “measured tonnage.” The latter was the basis for building, buying, and selling vessels and was computed by means of a given formula. Regi…
Productivity in the Atlantic Shipping Industry
The Longevity of Ships in Colonial Trade
Seamen's Sixpences and Eighteenth-Century Shipping Records
From Local History Towards Total History’
This article discusses the setting up and operation of the Kingston Local History Project, emphasizing, in this process, the active co-operation between Kingston University and the local community. The Project aims to construct a comprehensive database on the people of Kingston between I850 and I900 and to subject the data collected to rigorous analysis. This will provide an extensive longitudinal socio-economic profile of an important market tow…
Infant Mortality in Asylum Road,kingston Upon Thames,1872-1911
This article argues that existing analyses of infant mortality based on relatively large geographic areas now need to be supplemented by micro-level studies which will give greater depth to our understanding of the location and causes of infant mortality. In this study of Kingston upon Thames, a variety of linked sources have been used to subject one road - Asylum Road - to detailed analysis. Asylum Road suffered from disproportionate levels of i…
Who Lived in Suburbia? Surbiton in the Second Half of the 19th Century
Focusing on the classic Victorian suburb of Surbiton, twelve miles from the centre of London, this article considers a number of features of the people who lived in suburbia in the second half of the 19th century. A comprehensive database, constructed from the census enumerators' returns 1851–91, underpins the description and analysis of such features as population growth, gender balance, household composition, domestic service, occupational stru…
Infant mortality in the Canbury area of Kingston upon Thames, 1872–1911
This article examines aspects of infant mortality in a discrete part of Kingston upon Thames – the Canbury area – in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It highlights the concentration of infant mortality in this area, which was characterized – especially in the 1890s – by an increasingly overcrowded and unhealthy environment, made worse by the proximity of animals to living space. Animal manure attracted flies which, particularly …
The Good Life in Victorian and Edwardian Surbiton
Throughout their recent history suburbs and suburban society have been characterised by a number of writers — including historians — as being dull, detached, monotonous, lacking in community spirit and devoid of cultural activity. The aim of this article is to challenge these negative stereotypes by examining the reality of community life in the classic suburban town of Surbiton before 1914. It sets out a framework within which communities can be…
The Capital and the Colonies. London and the Atlantic Economy 1660–1700
The Capital and the Colonies. London and the Atlantic Economy 1660–1700 Nuala Zahedieh Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2010 xvii + 329 pp., ISBN: 978-0-521-51423-1 (£55.00 hardback) Historia
Goods From The East, 1600-1800
This impressive volume is the first in a planned series of studies into Europe’s Asian Centuries, supported by funding from the European Research Council, and based largely on papers presented at a
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