Customs in Common: Studies in Traditional Popular Culture
A major historical study of English popular culture, exploring the customs, rituals, and shared values that defined working-class communities before industrialization.
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Customs in Common examines the everyday practices and shared traditions of ordinary people in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century England.
The book explores how communities maintained collective values through rituals, festivals, and unwritten rules that governed daily life.
It highlights the tension between emerging industrial society and older forms of popular culture that resisted rapid change.
Through detailed historical analysis, the work reveals the persistence of customary rights and the moral economy of the poor.
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