Chapter 2. Society and culture in the long 18th century

Nevalainen, Terttu

doi:10.1075/ahs.8.02nev

In:Patterns of Change in 18th-century English: A sociolinguistic approach
Edited by Terttu Nevalainen, Minna Palander-Collin and Tanja Säily
[Advances in Historical Sociolinguistics 8] 2018
► pp. 13–26

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Chapter 2
Society and culture in the long 18th century

Terttu Nevalainen

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Published online: 6 September 2018

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Article outline

2.1Introduction
2.2Political life
2.3Demography and urbanization
2.4Social stratification
2.5Literacy
2.6Cultural climate
2.7Conclusion
[Infobox 1]Range of writers in the CEECE
[Infobox 2]Polite society and rhetoric
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Chapter 2Society and culture in the long 18th century

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Chapter 2
Society and culture in the long 18th century