John Brewer
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A new work by Paul Langford
Published July 31 1992
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John Brewer and Stella Tillyard evaluate a book both historical and fictional. Published January 1 1985
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Whenever the nation went to the polls in eighteenth-century England, the small hamlet of Garrat staged its own mock election. But, as John Brewer shows here, this was not only the occasion for a riotous burlesque - it provided the vehicle for some radical political ideas.
Published February 1 1983
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'A trifle... a thing of no value... a bauble' or an educational aid, the gift-wrapping of a social morality? Toys mirror a culture, argues John Brewer - for society's attitude towards play reflects its conception of the role of childhood. Published December 1 1980
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by J. J. Tobias.
Published May 31 1980
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Law and Disorder in Stuart and Hanoverian England.
Published January 1 1980
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