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Society and Place in Nineteenth-Century North Lincolnshire

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 January 2009

Charles Rawding
Charles Rawding
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Department of Geography, Waltham Toll Bar School, South Humbershide, UK.
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The development of any particular society has to be understood in terms of the economic processes at work at the time, together with the cultural influences which permeate society, and the specific nature of the place in which these cultural and economic influences operate. The visible results of these influences and processes must be seen historically. That is to say, the entity being studied is a constantly changing sequence of processes both present and past. These processes need to be viewed dialectically.

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Rural History , Volume 3 , Issue 1 , April 1992 , pp. 59 - 85
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1992

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