P. Corfield

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1. Class by Name and Number in Eighteenth‐Century Britain*

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   1987107 citations

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2. Time and the Shape of History

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   200771 citations

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3. Power and the Professions in Britain 1700-1850

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   199562 citations

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4. Language History and Class

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   199158 citations

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5. Rooms and room use in Norwich housing, 1580–1730

   Ursula Priestley, P. Corfield

   198253 citations

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6. ‘Giving directions to the town’: the early town directories

   P. Corfield, S. Kelly

   1984Urban History48 citations

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7. From Poison Peddlers to Civic Worthies: The Reputation of the Apothecaries in Georgian England

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   2008Social history of medicine47 citations Open access

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8. Towns in societies : essays in economic history and historical sociology

   P. Corfield, P. Abrams, E. Wrigley

   197947 citations

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9. Walking the City Streets

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   199038 citations

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10. History and the challenge of gender history

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    199725 citations

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11. Continuity, change, and specialization within metropolitan London: the economy of Westminster, 1750-1820

    C. Harvey, E. Green, P. Corfield

    199922 citations Open access

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12. The English Gentleman: Images and Ideals in Literature and Society.

    P. Corfield, D. Castronovo

    198821 citations

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13. All People are Living Histories—Which is Why History Matters

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    200820 citations

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14. London and the English Economy, 1500-1700.

    P. Slack, F. J. Fisher, P. Corfield, N. Harte

    199120 citations

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15. Dress for Deference and Dissent: Hats and the Decline of Hat Honour

    P. Corfield

    198919 citations

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16. On Deep History and the Brain

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    200818 citations

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17. Work in Towns: 850-1850

    P. Corfield, D. Keene

    199016 citations

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18. Business leaders and town gentry in early industrial Britain: specialist occupations and shared urbanism

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    2012Urban History9 citations Open access

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19. Record Linkage Theory and Practice: an Experiment in the Application of Multiple Pass Linkage Algorithms

    C. Harvey, E. Green, P. Corfield

    1996History and Computing7 citations

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20. From women's history to gender history: A reply to ‘playing the gender history game’

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    19996 citations

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21. John Thelwall in Wales: New Documentary Evidence

    P. Corfield, C. Evans

    19866 citations

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22. Bath: A Social History, 1680-1850.

    P. Corfield, R. Neale

    19826 citations

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23. ‘An Age of Infidelity’: secularization in eighteenth-century England

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    20145 citations Open access

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24. TEACHING HISTORY ’ S BIG PICTURES : INCLUDING CONTINUITY AS WELL AS CHANGE

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    20105 citations

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25. Ideology, Absolutism and the English Revolution: Debates of the British Communist Historians, 1940–1956

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    20105 citations

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26. 'We are All One in the Eyes of the Lord': Christopher Hill and the Historical Meanings of Radical Religion

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    20055 citations

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27. Time and the Historians in the Age of Relativity

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    20154 citations

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28. History and the Temporal Turn: Returning to Causes, Effects and Diachronic Trends

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    20154 citations Open access

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29. Youth and Revolution in the 1790s: Letters of William Pattisson, Thomas Amyot and Henry Crabb Robinson

    William Pattisson, Thomas Amyot, H. Robinson, P. Corfield +1 more

    19974 citations

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30. Industry and urbanisation in eighteenth century England : papers from the ESRC colloquia held at University College, London, January 1993 and the Centre for Urban History, University of Leicester, February 1994

    P. Clark, P. Corfield

    19944 citations

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31. Becoming a Historian: An Informal Guide

    P. Corfield, T. Hitchcock

    20223 citations Open access

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32. Fleeting gestures and changing styles of greeting: researching daily life in British towns in the long eighteenth century

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    2021Urban History3 citations Open access

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33. Conclusion: Cities in Time

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    20133 citations

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34. British History: The Exploding Galaxy1

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    20113 citations

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35. POST-Medievalism/Modernity/Postmodernity?

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    20103 citations

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36. Small Towns, Large Implications: Social and Cultural Roles of Small Towns in Eighteenth-Century England and Wales

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    20083 citations

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37. Westminster man: Charles James Fox and his electorate

    P. Corfield, E. Green, C. Harvey

    20083 citations

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38. The Georgians

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    20222 citations

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39. Being Assessed as a Whole Person: A Critique of Identity Politics

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    20212 citations

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40. NORWICH ON THE CUSP - FROM SECOND CITY TO REGIONAL CAPITAL

    P. Corfield, Richard Wilson

    20042 citations

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41. The State of History

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    20012 citations

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42. A Conversation with Vera Bácskai

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    19992 citations

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43. Ethan Kleinberg. Haunting History: For a Deconstructive Approach to the Past.

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    2018American Historical Review1 citations

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44. Mark Salber Phillips. On Historical Distance.

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    20141 citations

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45. New Approaches for Old Towns?

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    19961 citations

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46. Citizens of the world: Living in an age of accelerating globalisation, Part 1

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    2026Open Access Government0 citations Open access

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47. Human history: Handshaking symbolism

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48. Human history: Handshaking horrors explained

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49. Human history: Handshaking’s international journey

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50. Human history: What’s most distinctive about humans as a species, viewed collectively?

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