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  • ISSN: 0268-4160 (Print), 1469-218X (Online)
  • Editors: Dr Alex Brown Durham University, UK, Dr Hélder Carvalhal Uppsala University, Sweden, Dr Helena da Silva Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal, and Professor Mary Louise Nagata Francis Marion University, USA
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Continuity and Change aims to define a field of historical sociology concerned with long-term continuities and discontinuities in the structures of past societies. Emphasis is upon studies whose agenda or methodology combines elements from traditional fields such as history, sociology, law, demography, economics or anthropology, or ranges freely between them. There is a strong commitment to comparative studies over a broad range of cultures and time spans.

History blog

  • From Brexit to Environmental Destruction: Understanding Modern Britain with James Vernon
  • 29 January 2025, James Vernon
  • What inspired you to write a book on the history of Modern Britain? There were two motivations. I was interested in rescuing national histories from the nativism of the right. Of course, in Britain that virulent type of nationalism swept the country with Brexit, but across the world authoritarian populists have also evoked nativist histories that they promise will make their country great again....
  • Making Trust in Early Modern London
  • 07 January 2025, Patrick Wallis
  • In the bustling streets of medieval and early modern London, trust was a precious commodity, just as it is today. But who did Londoner’s choose to trust?…...
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