Social Thought in England, 1480-1730 : From Body Social to Worldly Wealth (Paperback)

Part I: The Body Social, 1480?1550 1. The Body Imagined 2. Contexts and Conflicts 3. The Body Examined: Ancient, Medieval, Modern 4. Different Metaphor, Similar Message: Edmund Dudley’s "Tree of Commonwealth," 1509-1510 5. The Body Historicized: Clement Armstrong, 1529-1536 6. Defending the Body: "Commonwealth-Men," c. 1520?c. 1553 Part II: Social Humanist Challenges to the Body Social, 1516-1549 7. Moving Away from the Body: An Overview 8. Poverty, Wealth, and Labor: New Theory, New Practices 9. A Radical Re-Ordering: Thomas More’s Utopia, 1516 10. Social Humanist Thought Re-Defines the Social, c. 1523/5-1536. 11. Rethinking the Three Estates: Thomas Starkey’s "Dialogue Between Lupset and Pole," 1529-1532 12. Virtue Meets Profit: The Brave New World of Sir Thomas Smith, 1549 Part III: Society as Property, 1550-1697 13. Re-Drawing the Social Picture, 1550-1600 14. Property, Patriarchy, and the Agrarian Problem, 1593-1656 15. The Power of Property Perceived, 1576-1730 16. Property Assailed and Defended: Grandees, Levellers, and Diggers: 1647-1649 17. Conclusions: The Past Makes the Future