Public services and the urban middling sort: the provision of water in Bristol, Chester and Ipswich, 1540-1640
Public services and the urban middling sort: the provision of water in Bristol, Chester and Ipswich, 1540-1640
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公共服务和城市中等水平：布里斯托尔、切斯特和伊普斯威奇的供水，1540-1640 年
DOI：
10.1017/s0963926823000470
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发表时间：
2023
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0.6
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Winter M
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Winter M
本文通过对布里斯托、切斯特和伊普斯维奇自来水厂的财务和管理、新技术角色的创造以及供水系统的文化导入等方面的比较案例研究，考察了1550年至1640年英格兰省级公共服务与城市中产阶级之间的关系。它认为，中等阶层在建立公共服务方面至关重要，供水不仅以其作为物质和财政资源的价值为中心，而且还作为不断扩大的赞助和社会资本来源，塑造和巩固了社会中中等阶层的出现。
This article examines the relationship between public services and the urban middling sort in provincial England from 1550 to 1640 through comparative case-studies of the finance and management of waterworks, the creation of new skilled roles and the cultural import of water systems in Bristol, Chester and Ipswich. It argues that the middling sort were vital in establishing public services and that water provision centred not only on its value as a material and financial resource, but also as an expanding source of patronage and social capital that shaped and entrenched the emergence of middling groups in society.