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Writing of Urban Histories in Eighteenth-Century England, The POL037000 But what happened during theThis book examines a hitherto neglected genre of literature, and provides an analysis of both eighteenth century urban culture and local historical scholarship. Rosemary Sweet challenges the conventional view that by the eighteenth century antiquarian studies had stagnated and lost their vigour. On the contrary, positive advances were made in the field of local history and medieval scholarship. Dr Sweet shows how a sense of the past was crucial not