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Religion, gender, and industry : exploring church and Methodism in a local setting /
A collection of essays that aim to consider broad questions of the role of religion in late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century Britain by studying a single geographical area. Coalbrookdale in the parish of Madeley, Shropshire is seen as the ""birthplace of the industrial revolution&q...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge [UK] :
James Clarke & Co.,
2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | A collection of essays that aim to consider broad questions of the role of religion in late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century Britain by studying a single geographical area. Coalbrookdale in the parish of Madeley, Shropshire is seen as the ""birthplace of the industrial revolution"" while remaining one of the last examples of a Methodist parish in England. These works engage with a variety of areas of study: Methodism's roots and growth in relation to the Church of England, religion and gender in eighteenth century Britain, and religion and the emergence of an industrial society, and do |
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| Notas: | Essays originally presented at a conference held June 16-18, 2009 at the Telford (Priorslee) campus of the University of Wolverhampton with some sessions at Madeley and Ironbridge. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xix, 238 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780227900130 0227900138 |