Public services and the urban middling sort
The provision of water in Bristol, Chester and Ipswich, 1540–1640
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12277888 |
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| Authors | Mabel Winter (0000-0002-8359-5243, University of Sheffield, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 500-518 |
| Publication date | 2023-09-11 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Urban History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0963-9268 • E-ISSN: 1469-8706 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0963926823000470 |
| OpenAlex | W4386587123 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 8 |
This article examines the relationship between public services and the urban middling sort in provincial England from 1550 to 1640 through comparative case-studies of the finance and management of waterworks, the creation of new skilled roles and the cultural import of water systems in Bristol, Chester and Ipswich. It argues that the middling sort were vital in establishing public services and that water provision centred not only on its value as a material and financial resource, but also as an expanding source of patronage and social capital that shaped and entrenched the emergence of middling groups in society
Archaeology · Capital (architecture · Economics · Geography · Resource (disambiguation · Sociology · sort · Value (mathematics · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · Historical Art and Culture Studies · Historical Economic and Social Studies
| Highly cited | No |
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