Browse Items (1 total) Title is exactly "An urban society and its hinterland: St Ives in the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries" Browse All Browse by Tag Search Items Sort by: Title Creator Date Added An urban society and its hinterland: St Ives in the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries This thesis has examined the contention of the late Philip Abrams that a town should not be considered as a distinct social entity, but in relation to its setting and to "the complex of domination" in which it is embedded. It was decided to use St… Featured Item Frontispiece Frontispiece from Iredale's thesis 'Canal settlement'.